I am? Thanks for telling me, I wouldn't have known this, considering I never once stated my stance on this.
In regards to what the OP was talking about, it didn't have much in what
he was referring to. No need to kiss ass here.
You only wish this statement was true. Since you obviously don't understand the concept of general points in regards to using "detailed roadmap as information", what detailed information was in it that matters to the general consumer? The testing phases? What will be in tests? That doesn't matter when people want information
about the game, not the testing phases, which is what was detailed in the roadmap.
Except as stated we tested a separate build of the game, so while it could throw the time off, which they stated, that's very unlike since
SE themselves had stated they have two developments going on with ARR in terms of alpha/beta (main client.)
Since you're trying to tell people they're wrong, allow me to correct you: Yoshida has stated we're getting 2 benchmarks, 1 before the release of ARR which has a character creator and 1 that is coming "soon." So what does 1.0's timeline have to do with anything when they already gave us general ideas of release? Your problem is you're taking certain words too literally, especially to use in an argument.
Since we're being literal:
Prolonged can means lengthy period of time, which could mean weeks or months or years. It has been very long time since we've gotten information about anything significant, no one can deny this. What can you tell us about Arcanist and Summoner besides "Summoner may not be ready at launch - SE"? The game is creeping closer to release and we still have very little information about even the class. This is the kind of information the OP is generally asking for.
"but it takes blah blah time to create a class blah blah"
Indeed, but they have an outline and concepts of it, I'm sure, so unless it's been pushed back, even
you can admit they're slacking on giving out solid information for a game set to release in about 5 months or so if all goes well. That's
extremely close to release to have such little information out about it.
Then again, you think a rehashed trailer counts as them giving us information..so I don't think you meant to say people were being impatient, you're injecting your own ideologies on this subject onto someone else.