I don’t see a lot of overreaction. It would be overreacting if we would go crazy after one month without a reply from Epic. But after over one year, I think it’s absolutely reasonable that we get sour, especially because not few of us are heavily affected by this problem, up to the extend that we cannot showcase our work.
Still, I don’t think anyone really wants to burn Epic at the stake. All we want is a statement that acknowledges why they ignored us for this long and a promise that they will be working on fixing this in the near future. I think that’s only fair.
And think about it this way, you want to have a good relationship with your community, especially if you’re Epic and you rely heavily on it. I personally might not be an engine contributor, but I still want to help the community and offer free blueprints and assets. And, you know, encourage more people to use this engine over Unity or Lumberyard. However, stuff like this makes me want to not come back here anymore.