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At least 50% in Category 1 and 2 (with the exception of engine/mp) are neither yellow nor green.
Yellow means Taleworlds said at some point they would do something, it doesn't mean they will in a timely fashion. TW first told us that they were "discussing" armour working correctly literally 1 year ago, and it still isn't here.
Minor feature requests they haven't been able to fulfill in two years,
when a single unpaid modder has shown that it takes less than a week's work to do all of them. Things that should have been in this sequel from the start.
Every feature falls under the 'nice to have' category in a video game, because they are entertainment products not necessities, that doesn't mean a sequel people gave Taleworlds hundreds of millions of dollars for should regress in features from its predecessor. Balance concerns become a significant problem when nearly every single feature in the game is seriously imbalanced and there is no reason for the player to use vast swathes of the content in the game unless they want to gimp themselves.
(EG: Foot playthrough/Athletics is a joke compared to the massive mobility and perks of Horseback/Riding. Melee weapons other than the glaive are a joke. Leveling Medicine requires insane grind for a payoff that doesn't matter because troops are expendable in lategame anyway. Recruiting any troop but Khan's Guard isn't worth it because Khan's Guard is the best horse archer, melee cavalry and infantry all in one. Throwing axes are pointless and bows are insanely good. The 10000 denar armour gives no significant survivability increase over 1000 denar armour. Caravans are just a complete waste of money. Etc. Etc. Etc.)
Let me ask you a question, why are you still an apologist for TW at this stage? Who do you think it will help? They have two community managers who could stick up for Taleworlds themselves (and are paid to do so) but don't! TW work at an incredibly slow pace.
In the seven months it has taken for them to make a handful of minor changes other game companies could make half a game. They do not deserve someone making excuses for them and attempting to shut down criticism.
Taleworlds' management of these issues is NOT good. At the very least, 90% of these should have been addressed (yellow) rather than us not knowing two years later whether, for example, they are actually going to implement the Criminal Enterprises system that they still advertise on the store page.