Actually interesting reading in that thread. Quite a lot of people saying they only log in and play occasionally because of things like this. They still love the project, but they can't play it extensively.
I think this might tie in well with other testimonies from people saying they see the same people online all the time, when they have 50 player max servers.
I guess there is a small hardcore group of players who play pretty regularly, and most others just check in periodically, maybe do a spurt of play for a few days or a week, and then are gone again.
I wonder how much the true believers in this thread actually play for. Are they like many, just dipping in now and again, because even they get frustrated with the bugs and other issues (not that they would ever admit it), or do they torture themselves day after day, singing CRs praises while encountering bugs and desync and other issues....
Oh, wait, my bad, because they never have issues like others report, they get buttery smooth 60 FPS on Orison, no desync, they haven't had a 30k since patch X, and its super rare for them to encounter a bug.