Hi boys and girls,
People are showing disappointment and in some cases anger that the game is not open yet. This is understandable but also dangerous to how games are being released.
The developers of any game have to weigh the risk of releasing a game early, No developers take this decision lightly in any game. Rushing a game can cause major problems on release such as the culling which was released in a beta last year, it had started with a great foot forwards but every patch and update alienated the player base as when you play a game and you think you know how to play it then two weeks later a patch comes out which brings in some balancing and tweaking, half of the playerbase revolts and voices how much of a bad update it was. The culling developers tried there best to keep up with what people wanted but the back and forth of the community tore the game apart to the point that now the average players online around the world is 100-200. This is repeated in a lot of game for example if you want to see this happening right now, you can look at the game "Friday 13th". Friday 13th was released early due to people who gave money in the kickstarter and paypal pledge started to demand it be released early. Unfortunately the Developers gave into the pressure and the game was released with one of the most disastrous releases since Dayz which also made the mistake of rushing a game and releasing way too early. Dayz has more politics behind the scenes with "Rocket" (the main man behind the idea) who looked back at the release as a mistake, the backlash he got crushed him and he felt he coulden't continue being the man everyone blamed for its rushed release. He sold rights to the game to Bohemia and stated he was going to start a new game and do it HIS way.
There are countless examples on steam of rushed games and games that end up making a big mistake by listening to the wrong people. The developers for Identity know what they are doing, this is their baby and they want this baby to grow up to be a giant that other RPG games look at and say "holy hell". Its ok to be upset that the game is delayed but remember its coming from a place of love, not love in a gay way but love for the art of making a unique game for people rather than a quick cash grab.
If the game is delayed know that it is for the respect of you, because YOU deserve better than a half baked blunder. Sure there will be bugs here and there and mistakes will be made but we are in this together.