I’m also a bit confused by the monetisation model here, some clarification, or maybe even rethinking, might be in order.
I paid for the game a while back and think supporting it is important but having that paid tier gating access on a game which still feels like early days compared to the scope it wants to encompass and then having paid DLC on top of that product which still feels very incomplete does come across a bit…. awkwardly, I guess.
EDIT: To clarify, I’m aware that the main game’s model is “the paid tiers get earlier access to the coming update, which are later made available for users in lower tiers”