I read somewhere that Larian planned to have the game in early access for at least a year. Is that true? It sounds to me like the early access shouldn't have been released yet then, and we are doing a big part of the testing and paying for it, saving tons of money for the development. If that is the case I hope Larian rewards us early access players GREATLY because even though the game looks promising and fun, the experience is way more unpolished than it should have been and than other early access games.
Why reward us? They have been upfront about it, and said why they are doing it.
Early access for any game is like this: Pay in early, support the developer, partake in development, play early.
If you don't want to play an unpolished game, then you should wait for the official release.
I bought in to Early Access because the game looked promising, and 100+ hours proves that, and I wanted to support Larian make a better game. I don't need their thanks or be treated differently. I just want to play DnD.