4.0 ain't it

This 0.4 patch is, as you say, not it by itself.

It's a...well, not good...but reasonable start. Let's remember it still turned up late, and that has not been acknowledged far less apologized for by Dice.

If Dice do want to turn 2042 around, they have to pick up the pace. Frankly, smaller but more frequent patches would be better.

And they've got to address the missing core features properly. Refusing comment on whether or not they intend to restore these necessary mechanisms is not how you build, or rebuild, a community.