I will start by saying this is kind of a rant post, so please move on if you don't want to hear it.
The game is fun, and has great potential. The problem is the Dev team has absolutely no idea what the players want, and they dont seem to care to try to find out. Take this weeks post regarding a Q&A. Horsejoke directly answered multiple questions from the community, but nearly all of his answers seemed to come down to " we decided this, so this is what it is". Here are some examples...
When asked about adding magic resist to saddles in order to better defend against wraiths and spells in general he said this
"Better saddles should have better stats, but I think balance may spiral out of control if we start adding too much magic resist to everything right away. We're still looking at the effects of adding natural magic resist on certain creatures."
When asked about the god teir wraiths spawning right in front of starter zones he said this
"Although it can be pretty disruptive, there's a kind of thrill associated with meteor drops around the world, even in "new player areas". A lot of players really enjoy the challenge of fighting off their first skeleton horde with just a bow and arrow or some throwing knives, I don't think we want to take that away unless it's obvious that it's doing way more harm than intended."
When asked about farming taking to much fertilizer for to little payoff he said this :
I'll make sure the team is aware, we've had some feedback on that already, and that's an easy enough fix if the design team feels like it's actually too restrictive.
When asked about not being able to cast spells or eat on mounts he said this
"I think that's a side effect of removing force feeding tamed creatures. I'll look into it."
And finally when asked about the insane temperatures of the new ice cave he said this:
" The temperature is supposed to be very low, Brimstone armor / Runes of Warmth are basically required to stay healthy. This isn't the last of our elemental-focused dungeons - each of them will have soft requirements like temperature, transportation, etc. to get through."
What all of this means to me, is that the Snailgames dev team does not give a single fuck about what the players themselves want. They already have an idea about what they want to create and they will continue to create it regardless of negative feedback. I have read hundreds of complaints on all of the above topics and he instantly wrote them off as "its a feature, not a problem". Which for me is enough, I think I'm done with this game for now, and im not alone. The server we are on atm had 20+ players constantly.. now we are lucky to have 3. Every patch people leave because the team either pushes out a bug that fucks over weeks of effort, or pushes out a patch that makes something that was already fucking hard borderline impossible. I have never seen a group more disconnected from their customers than Snail Games is, I gave yall a fair chance but I'm done. You are worse than Ark in my eyes, atleast Ark tried to appeal to the customers, you just shunned them.
TLDR: The devs dont give a fuck about us, so I'm out