ED has had continued development since it was released. Whether you liked that development is irrelevant. NMS is not 10 times bigger since release. Not even close to that. Each update has not been as big as you think, they are all very basic when it comes down to it.
As to delays for other Fdev games, look at what is added to the these. They are small things that have little impact on the game, things like adding a ride to planet coaster, or adding an animal to planet zoo. I'm not surprised it doesn't get delayed as it doesn't add any new gameplay mechanics. ED is a very different beast and is very difficult to compare the two. Also we don't know if features were cut or not as they don't tell you a year in advance what is coming.
Beyond was a very different beast. They told us over a year in advance, probably not the wisest thing to do as inevitably things get cut. Do you think other games companies don't cut features from updates? It happens all the time, why people expect Fdev to be different is beyond me.
As to fleet carriers we know roughly what was coming, I will be interested to see if any of that has changed and if they have done more work on them. My hope is that they give people options for smaller carriers (I don't want all those landing pads).
So I don't know what to do but I'm tired of waiting without knowing anything. I love ED but not to the point of no longer playing, no longer having fun ... It doesn't matter I would give my money to another company. There is not just Frontier who knows how to make beautiful and interesting games.
