What would they lose if they did a kind of AMA forum thing where they explain: "No Day/Night because of...." , "We are aware of issues with chain control scheme but for 'reason' we decided not to change it", "We are considering increasing party size but it wont be added until after final release", etc etc.
Not telling us simply leaves the floor open and breeds unrealistic expectations. IMO it's time they stepped in and owned their stuff. I mean I think they should be proud of what they do and I hope they are. So why should they hide their decisions and reasoning for it ? It seems disingenuous and to me, it suggests they could find the criticisms legitimate,that they feel ashamed to stand up for their work,are too insecure about what they do, or feel too afraid of the online bullies to stand up to them. In the end it's their product and it feels like a pity if they would feel they would 'lose' if they were honest about it.