No, John shouldnt be in here quoting a post meant for a specific person and argument. It wasnt aimed at TWI, it was posted in response to Morm saying 'they owe us nothing'. If a game company wants to keep the base they have, the guaranteed sales, then they do need to make the game that the base wants to play. It's not about owing anybody anything.
One thing that doesnt need to happen is to keep explaining why they're adding features to make the game easier. I totally understand why. In all honesty I would like nothing more for TWI than to see them dripping wagyu kebab juice on their Fioravanti suits while doing donuts in their Lamborghinis.
The only thing I've latched onto and shown concern about is the aim-zoom thing. The reason for this is because, for me, it creates much more eye fatigue and is an immersion breaker. I like the reasoning behind adding the zoom, but theres got to be a better way of doing it. Also, I dont think this will be one of those things that can be turned off. We'll have it in easy and hard mode. Mutators wont be able to get rid of it either. All of the other fluff being added will be able to be turned off or removed with mutators, so theres no point in hanging your hat on complaining about those things.
So after this post there shouldnt be anyone saying 'oh they're making the game more accessible (nicer way of saying easier) so they can sell more units'. I know that. Nor should anyone be saying 'doood, it's only an alpha'. I know that ffs.
Discussion is good, even when discussing shakey-cam vids.. devs need to know where the wants of their paying base are so they can make sure they dont detract too far from that formula when trying to bring in new customers. One thing I tire quickly of is fanboys who somehow find offense at people discussing things their favorite game company is doing, but thats forums for ya.