I've enjoyed the changes since starting a new game after a 6 month break. I know the dev's designed the game for co-op/MP but I need a pause button. So I'll unapologetically use the TimeMod to give me a pause button. If people want to use mods I don't view that as some great betrayal of the dev's, every player has different needs/wants. I'm going to play the way that I (the customer) want.

I know a lot of people really wanted more of a content update with new biomes but I appreciate the optimization. It ran fine before, it runs better now. Still getting used to some of the stamina changes and stagger but overall it adds to the game for me.

For those that want a bigger update look at it in the perspective of some other EA games. 7d2d is coming up on a decade in development, people have been waiting for 1.5 years for a content update and will mainly get some new skins and some recipe changes. Personally I didn't expect a big content update to Valheim before the December sale and that looks to be on track.