No I feel you man. You're right. My friends and I stopped playing after we killed the dragon ♥♥♥♥♥. We'd built everything and felt like we'd done everything.
Hell, I sailed around the entire edge of the map because I was bored.

I get it. small team and whatnot. No really, I do.
But then we got that one update and saw that they bought a horse or something and the only thing I could think of was: This is where our money went.
I wonder if the game hadn't been successful if we'd see the roadmap progress at all. Communication is absolutely key between devs and players, and IMO the occasional paragraph update doesn't inspire enough confidence to keep trust in an industry that regularly discourages it.

And on a personal note, I'd rather see updates with substance rather than another reskin of the troll. Even if it's something small I.E. "Here's a new spot to sit on a longship."
>also on a personal note, I'd like to see the ability to put shields and lanterns on the longships again. Sometimes it's too dark and you don't have a friend who can hold up a light for you.