The time for positivity is passed. At this point I fear its more effective to actually harass the devs directly to get them to hear these complaints rather than complaining on a forum thread none of them will ever read.
Like you guys said, nobody is wanting to blow this out of proportion but what can you do with a team that stopped caring? Only thing they'll listen is for us to be as toxic in all of their media outlets as possible until they cave in with the demands.