I was also very disappointed when i read and later watched the news about cutting the day/night cycle and the "npc behaviours" to it. This was a killer feature for me and one that during the kickstarter i was really trying to push forward to.
I remember that i was very happy when swen announced that they overall reached the 1m stretch goal and that it would enable them to add this big immersive feature.
Thats all not to say that i am disappointed by how the rest of the game is turning out, and i am sure it will be alot of fun and worth the funding and the wait. However i would definitly be willing to wait another 6 months and add some further additional pleges/payments for this feature to be implemented. Even tho this might not be a financially feasable option for larian.