For me, they can play with the inside, the outside, the paint, or even give it (removable) shag carpets at this point. I don't care that it's going to be late. (and not plaid paint... I am not really fond of plaid paint.) Just don't make it later. They did something wrong this time. The roadmap status has a lot of missing tasks assigned to the Carrack, but there isn't an indication of what that means, if they don't say early... like when they know that something is going to slip. They need to be clear about timeline or they are risking more angry players.
And yeah you know, this is their timeline not ours...but this was supposed to be an open process, with them communicating to us. That broke down here.