No contradiction at all. You gave an estimated date of Q1. That is fine, it is vague and gives you a three month window to put out the update. Then, as the end of Q1 drew near and people were starting to worry (accurately) that there was going to be a delay, you gave a firm date of the 5th of April. Now, as the 5th is only days away, you remove any and all date, estimate or not.
The solution is really quite simple, stop giving dates, estimated or not, wide windows or exact dates.
And for the people going on and on about how Starmaker Story is free, I actually paid for it; $20 nearly a year ago. As for the long time in between updates, I really don't care how long it takes. However, I thoroughly enjoy the game and look forward to any and al future content. Seeing a date instill false hope in the many fans that enjoy the game as much, if not more than I do. That hope is then dashed when dates are changed again and again each update. We know the next update will release, we know your dates are "estimates". The problem is even by giving an estimated date people are then given hope as to when they can enjoy more content from this game, only to be told they need to wait another few days, then another couple weeks, followed by now it is delayed another month or two. This has been a repeat pattern with this game, so much that one would hope you either sorted out the programming and bug testing to allow for better "estimated dates" or to just stop giving even an estimated day of release.
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I recall you changing the date a couple times for the last update. I wasn't strictly talking about this update, I was talking about your "release dates" overall. Maybe stop giving even estimates until you are actually close to releasing the update. People have been waiting three months for the 1.9 update in limbo and then we get a date which you now know you can't meet. Don't change from an estimate to a definite only to realize you are going to be delaying the update even further than was already "estimated".
Always changes. Dev should start and announce each update TBD instead of changing the date a bunch of times. We all understand the game is free and this is more of a side project. Some of us enjoy the game and are looking forward to the next update. Giving us a date and then changing it again and again is getting a little old.
Insufferable or ungrateful? Hardly, just expecting some accountability by the developer. Don't announce a release date if you know you can't meet it, it doesn't matter if it is free or not. I would be totally fine with NO date announced at all and just get the random alert that the new version has been released.
I get that the dev says that all dates are not set dates. If the dev knows that they can't meet the dates that they set forth, then why continue to announce a release date for the next update? Or if they are going to give a release date, they should give themselves a month or two buffer based on how every previous update has gone.