I was hopeing the german cockpit reply thread would be like this, but it wasn't quite the case, it kind of turned into another Q&A session. So please, none of that here.
Thank you, Anton. Your level of honesty and openess is completely unprecedented. I've really never seen so much feedback from a developer for any game, ever. As the saying goes, "honesty is the best policy" Even if it means being honest about something that may well prove to be unpopular in the end. That doesn't mean you owe it to us though, on the contrary, you don't owe anyone here anything, The fact that you even take the time to answer so many questions is astounding! I've heard that the period between the time a game goes gold to the time it is released is one of the busiest and most hectic for a developer, so thank you once again for taking time out of your day to answer all of these questions.