Hi there Leo. This post is specifically for you and the team. I'd like to address my concern about the recent Forum post you made along with a release date to it.
I have this main concern about the release itself. As you stated, you and the team would like to release the game, and slowly over time, improve the game and refine everything about it. While this is an approach I love, I'm concerned with releasing the game fully as a completed product. I think if people think it's a completed product they will go into the game thinking this is how the game is going to stay. I'd say a majority of the players wont be reading Forum posts or even game updates, they're just going to be playing the game casually and do things as they come. This is why I think putting the game under an Early Access Release would be a better choice. It fits what you and the team seems to be doing. I think if people understand that the game will be continuously worked on and refined, their look upon the game will change. After all, first impressions are the most important. If the game is a flop at the start, it doesn't matter how good it is 3 years later because most likely, people wont look back after it's failed in their eyes.
I think it's important to address the game to be under Early Access if the game is still being worked on. I hope you see this post and understand the meaning behind it and just how important this is.