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I keep hearing the title echoed by people who seem to not understand that alpha 2 will last a long time. They're acting like alpha 2 is the launch of the full game and every patch after is supposed to be polished in a finished final state.
I know it's not everyone and that the people enjoying the game are playing it rather than posting on reddit (with some exceptions) but it's frustrating to hear over and over.
If you are asking Intrepid to release things like the desert with fully implemented resources, mob types, atmospheric terrain, and everything you expect from a finished zone, you're not wanting to see development, you're wanting them to delay patches and release full content all at once which is incredibly bad for feedback and development.
Trickle changes are good for us to experience everything and give feedback without needing 50 tests to isolate the negative experience.
LONG POST BUT ANYWAYS.
TL:DR Alpha is meant to be the first playable state of a game. Open/active development means we get updates and changes as they can be implemented, not as the content gets in full batches. And Steven isn't calling you mentally ill if he tells you to take a break, people just need to touch grass cause they're too invested in a game that's years away from launch.
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