What are we really complaining about here? If you look at the last few roadmaps, what have they consistently delivered?
February: 2 pre-paid Deluxe Escalations, 2 featured contract sets, one pre-released elusive target, and two free escalations.
March: One seasonal event (coinciding with Easter), one pre-paid Deluxe escalation, 2 featured contract sets, a pre-released elusive target, and a free escalation.
April: One pre-paid Sin escalation, 2 featured contract sets, one pre-released elusive target, one new elusive target, a free escalation, and the continuation of the previous month’s seasonal event.
I don’t know, it doesn’t really feel like there’s dramatically less content there. We have no idea about any unlockable items resulting from anything in April. The only reason that the deluxe escalations were released when they were (with the unlockable items highlighted) was because there paid for already (likely before the game even got released for most players).
We are still getting two featured contract sets. You may not particularly like who is creating them, but are they really any different than that creators of the previous sets we’ve gotten for Hitman 3? We’re still getting a free escalation, which is pretty consistent with what came out in the last few months. We’re finally getting an elusive target for a Hitman 3 map (and a re-release - again consistent).
So what are we really complaining about? I think we see forum posts that are guess-work, hacks of game files, supposed leaks, and other content that we take as gospel and then get disappointed when IOI doesn’t put it in the game right away (or even ever). We’re working ourselves into a frenzy about things that we think are going to be available without any official confirmation.
We use statements like “IOI NEEDS to include…” or “IOI HAS TO do…” and then get upset when our pet idea isn’t implemented. We need to stop doing that to ourselves because it’s only causing mass disappointment. We knew full well before the roadmap came out that the next DLC piece wouldn’t be until 4 to 6 weeks away and anything else is just extra Free content. So what is so surprising about the fact that the free content they’re releasing isn’t a full blown bonus map with toggle-able weather and unlocks of every gun ever mentioned throughout the entire series?