I understand that the main goal for everyone right now is to get the full, fixed up and running game out to the people foaming at the mouth, but the mention of the possibility of doing DLC's or such after release would maybe be an option. This leads me to my hypothetical question...
Is there a chance that the option to host a game on your own computer and allow your friends to join into your game could be considered? Something akin to the way Minecraft's server settings work. I understand the financial and time overview, but now that we have kickstarter I believe both of those issues would be solved on their own if the demand was or wasn't there enough to accomplish the goal. I know quite a few of us would love to give you our proffffffitsssssssss
This would also, if it were achieved, not impact the single players out there unless an extra menu button for MP is inconvenient.
I know it's a dead horse subject, but honestly the only real reasons I keep hearing "no" on the forums, is the time and money, which the time is equated in money also.. so if the whole issue is money and an unknown player base, kickstarter would let the whole playerbase choose for themselves if they accomplish the goal, and when anyone asks from then on, you tried and not enough people were into it, and the funds weren't available. Otherwise, there is a great playerbase and the idea is superb and we, the players, made it happen! Not asking for a definitive answer, but more of a, "this could or couldn't be something we would look into" answer.