I could say more, but I will just say this, if you as a creator of something ask for feedback, to all the people, and then proceed to ignore the feedback from people not paying you, it's at least a dick move, at wors a hit to your reputation as a creator, because those that voted in the public may think he doesn't acre at all about them, so why would they care for him, so they won't be involve in the project created anymore and won't be ok with the creator, would that mean he will lose support or that new players won't come? No, they will keep coming, just that the next time he asked for public feed people that think different than him won't care to give their opinion, since it will be ignored.
And about the patreons, the dev posted the polls, 140 patreons voted, he has 476, does that means all the patreons think the same as those that voted, maybe, mayybe not. What pissed me, was opening a public poll and then proceed to ignore it because it was different from his patreon poll, then why ope it at all? People that voted in the public could be future customers/pirates/ex patreons that can't support him, all those that gave their feedback and were ignored, you may be sure they won't get back or at the very least won't give their feedback again, why would they?
Now, I'm not saying anything will happen with the game or that people won't play it or that it's support won't keep growing, because that's not the case, the game it's great, and the dev is focused in it and has an idea to where the plot will go. I'm just sad/pissed because it never sits well with me, when creators ask for public opinion, in anything not just making adult games, and then proceed to say "thanks, but I will just ignore you all and do what the others that pay me say", then I can't stop think "Why did you ask at all?"