This is one of our fears with boundless too, especially after paying $60 x 2 on Steam and not having the ability to play solo/lan. It’s a high price for a risk… the game looked appealing and we stared at it for two weeks before we finally caved in. So far we’re glad we did but this still lingers in our minds.
however i think if boundless would be released at this stage it would fail. It’s really close to completion. We just need some more ways to make people busy like farming, titans etc and we’ll be fine