That's true. I suppose that if they couldn't care less about deadlines, they wouldn't be updating the game at all now would they?
Relic is doing what Relic always does, fail at the simplest of tasks. They are trying to put just enough effort in to make people think the game is not abandoned yet.
Just like they did with Coh2 for years and years. They had big talk of patches and maps and it was never a priority for them. "We cant wait to do this... uhhh we have to put it on hold". They tried to run their own mapping contest and they screwed it up massively. Even though they were given successful instructions on how to run it. Because they do not care. Their management is insanely inept. I dont know how the doors are still open there.
I dont know who is left there for management. But Relic needs further management cuts. All successful franchises/businesses have a person in charge who understands the business. Relic does not have this person. They either left or the people that fought them left. They are operating like some bean counter is making the decisions. "If we shit out a half finished game, we can sell 500k licenses and show a positive in our quarterly". And you will kill your franchise completely. Lose an additional 500k+ licenses because of review bombs and backlash. Good job, have a bonus.
I have seen this stuff first hand in the real world. Pissing off customers to make the books look good then laying off people after you get your bonus. Because they all stopped buying from you.
Hopefully, I am wrong. Lets say they have whole teams working overtime to finish the DLC and these people will transition to finishing the game. And the reason they havent done dick for a whole year was they needed to finish the DLC. I will be very happy for people to call me out and laugh at me.