This. So much this. I’ve long been critical of the lack of communication…for years. I remember when some of the folks complaining now were telling me not to complain and to just enjoy playing the game, so I’ve been highly amused these last few months…but asking for an update vs. some of the blatant attacks from folks against James are two completely different things and some of the posts I’ve read here have really disturbed me with how cruel and violent they’ve been.
If I were him I’d pretty much be happy to leave everyone hanging. With BG3 nearing release I’m sure he and the team at Larian are beyond slammed and the last thing I’d want is to come check on the game I spent so many years building only to see what some of the folks on here are saying. They’re probably spending tens of hours in overtime and he’s still managing to spend a few hours here and there to read through things.
That being said, I can’t help but go back to something I believe @bucfanpaka mentioned quite a while ago in that I suspect James and team are under some sort of legal obligation to do no more on this game other than basic maintenance and resolution of issues until X date. Some form of a non-compete to ensure they’re able to spend a proper amount of time working on BG3. It would explain most of the radio silence and lack of details.
Like @Dhusk I’m hopeful to see something as early as tomorrow (start of a new month, the potential contract might end at the end of a month) or hopefully before the anniversary.
I get folks have strong feelings. I’ve been having similar feelings for years now. But unleashing on the poor guy isn’t doing anything positive. I’d recommend to some folks just subscribing to notifications for the “news” and “announcement” topics and then just do a quick check daily to see if anything has been posted. That’s what I’ve been doing at least 
. Makes it fair easier to avoid the drama and the once-a-day new post about the same handful of topics that have been discussed for the last couple of months.