Aye, but I think the point was, given the example of how the scope changed previously and none of what was promised actually happened, you might want to bear that in mind when putting money down on a promise. I think judging on what they've actually got NOW is good policy.
Just to paint a picture which may or may not be accurate...
To me it feels a bit like when someone wins the lottery. Like you win a few million and you think that's it you're sorted for life - you can do everything!
So you start buying all this stuff, £20,000 coffee machine, overpriced designer desk lamps etc, then after a while you check your bank account and... oh hang on where's all the money gone, have I really....?
At that point all those things you wanted (and perhaps promised) suddenly have to be scaled back.
Anyway as I said a bit earlier, just buyer beware, SC could end up being amazing. But I would just say if you are going to give them money before the game is out, pay by credit card.
(and don't buy any ships)
That's completely irrelevant, it's up to them to decide how they setup their studios, how much they pay they developers, how to develop their game, etc... We're not entitled to tell them "oh look those lamps you bought are too expensive!", we are yet, entitled to the game they are creating, i couldn't care less for the rest.
All the games i have KS, not even ED escapes this, had face scope adjustments, features dropped, changed or added from the original plans, expect SC to live line by line to the plan is not realistic. So yeah when you KS or Crowdfund or even Pre-Order a game, you are entering a lottery, because you don't know, nobody knows, what the future holds.
Now what SC is today, after the KS, the Crowdfund Goals, with for a long time already with no new Stretch Goals, the scope isn't changing, it's already set, and currently we are seeing the stretch goals as other parts of the game being delivered, slowly, but it's happening, that's all i care about.
