Thank you, Prussak, for further explaining my point. The types of comments you copy here are exactly what I'm talking about. Vague statements that end up telling us nothing. I'm sure AVRC would like to be more specific in his replies but for some reason isn't allowed to, which is where my astonishment comes from.
And Caps, please read Younes' last comment carefully about toxicity. We tried being constructive for months, and nothing came of it. When we point this out, it is ignored. Now I point it out again, more sternly, in a stickied dev post, and it will likely be ignored again.
Taleworlds' standard response to feedback that doesn't align with what they planned 5 years ago is "that's not what we want so we don't see why we should". Then when we explain, in meticulous detail, why we think some of their ideas are bad, we never get a further reply. I'm sure they read it, but nothing then comes of it.
That is why there's not reason for you to jump to their defense here. Nobody gains anything from it.
Edit: also, sorry to out Noudelle once again, but those "patch notes" are fake. Don't use that as an argument that there's a line of communication, because it's false.