Apologies for being blunt but at this stage in development some remarks about forthcoming communication really amount to very little in my opinion, going on prior experience of the last 2 years. 'Forthcoming communication' could literally be the next Panel from Hell. How long ago was the community promised some insight into development decisions and how they parse feedback? It must be well over a year now. This all just sounds like PR, though I would love to be proved wrong.
In all honesty, can Larian really state at this stage of development that they are seriously considering some major changes such as day/night cycle/weather, a 6 person party, replacing the awful party control mechanic, etc.? Again, I wold love to be proved wrong.