A good part of it is “our” fault as a “community”.
Harping so much on about that one time a dev said he’d be excited about X in some interview sure paid off, huh?
Sorry, but I can’t be sad about it. People get what they deserve, always.
When the game released, there was a lot of war drum banging. Some of it was legit, such as talk about the shoddy performance or certain features, but the toxicity and other vileness that is still streaming around even now is something else.
Even Fatshark’s own Discord is swamped by people making scathingly cynic commentary, even then when it’s not necessary.
For instance, they finally say “Here is new content coming, a new map in Zone X” and all I see is “WHAT IS THIS, OH WOW MORE OF THE SAME CONTENT, WOO sarcasm off”.
Not the reaction they should be given when they finally do deliver. Punishing behavior leads to less of that behavior.
Us moaning at content updates is us punishing them for bringing something forth. It is that simple, but of course those responsible with the most vitriol will not understand. Most of them don’t even read these forums here but are found elsewhere.