Thanks for this post, greatly appreciated! 
Well, the only problem is that nobody cares for most of the most voted issues 
Of course it will never be exactly like that developers fixes the most voted issues first. It’s rarely the most efficient tactics for software programmer. I fully understand that.
But sadly we’re waiting years for fixing the most voted issues. In every category.
178 votes for finally making directional light working with orthographic camera. It’s there for 2.5 years, nothing happens. Nobody cares.
66 votes for fixing point and spot lights, they don’t work with ortho camera for a year. Nobody cares.
https://issues.unrealengine.com/issu…nt=&sort=votes
The most voted issues in Blueprint category are my good old friends. They’re always there, waiting a long time
https://issues.unrealengine.com/issu…int&sort=votes
To be fair, few “popular” issues have been fixed in recent releases
And of course engineers fix a lot of bugs every month. Although most of them have 0 votes.
Everybody would be happy if this situation would change. Seriously, it would be awesome if you’d fix just one the most voted issue in every major category, every release