No promises were made at all.

They continue to work on the game.

Changing the roadmap is proof they are active and still working on the game. They have been putting out lots of updates for fixing the foundation the game is built on. This way when they add more stuff the game will remain stable.

This year, hopefully, we will see home and hearth an update that will change the stamina and food system. Many people will probably not see this as content either.

If you don't enjoy the explore aspect and refuse to start a new save then just leave the game alone for a few years so you can come back and complete it. Frankly I would realistically say 5 to 10 years for the game to be "complete". And even though I probably won't even live that long... I can wait. I knew what I was buying into when I purchased an EA game since I read the store page. <actually the game was gifted to me from a friend, but I still read the store page before I accepted it>