It does seem though that for some reason the dev decided to put a cap on the kind of content those higher tier patrons could request for What ifs after the 2-1 that the complaints are about, at least leading me to the conclusion there was some discussion with patrons at the time that did see the version (which would be the other high tier patrons). I have no proof about that though since I am not one and only those patrons can tell.
If I would have been the dev, I might have preferred to never let that version go beyond those patrons that originally got it though considering setup and theme of main game, but I am not the dev nor should he really mind my opinion unless he deep down agrees with it.