MOVED: Newbe Question.

There are features & content (and to me, bandits and story are most salient on the list) that the devs have always talked about being part of the game. From what they've consistently said, they're still committed to having these elements: still planning for them, still designing everything in a way that they can eventually incorporate them. When the devs talk about going "gold," they mean when all those elements are in the game and stable. The timing of reaching that point, and how it relates to leaving Early Access or other development milestones, is less certain.