You've been here eight years. You should know the score by now.
So that means people can't have an opinion or raise a concern? Ok then buddy..
That was typed too confrontally typed, my bad. You can absolutely raise a concern. I'm questioning how someone has been here this long and is asking about the developement cycle now.
You've just repeated the same mistake by stating/asking it a second time.
We are asking because it's been a full year since the last playable release. In the 10+ years that a lot of us have been following the game it's not been that common to go for so long.
Being on a forum for 'x' amount of time doesn't mean we automatically know every detail about how the game is released or what short/medium term release strategy Alex is employing. Life changes and so does priorities and feature lists.
We are simply asking to try and see what's going on, even at a super high level.. Alex has given a slight indication above as to the order he is looking into things. Which is enough for now.
I didn't start this OP, I was simply commenting on it would of been nice for a release over the x-mas hols while people are off work/school. You are the one that decided to turn it into 'well why didn't you know, you've been here for 8 years'
Kind of a mindless statement that doesn't really hold any water (imho)
The release cycle hasn't been the same continuously for 10 years, it's waxed and waned, some years has been busier or more frequent than others. If the dev cycle had been exactly the same with no deviation for 10 years straight, then your statement/question would make sense. Then yes, it would be weird to ask and yes we should know. But it's not, the dev cycle has always been somewhat different, it's just been slower the last year (it seems) than what's normally been the case. Hence the concern/questions, which we are fully entitled to raise or ask.