They don't seriously think that whatever they call MVP will absolve them from anything they own the backers? They can't be that stupid
Seriously, that's what they're going for. The reason is simple. In software development, there is no "guarantee of performance". And it's also in
their TOS as well, as it is in all similar agreements (e.g. your Windows, Apple, Google etc agreements). So all they have to do is implement something, regardless of how shitty or incomplete it is, and they're in the clear. e.g. take the flight model. It's shit, but it's there - and they never have to touch it again. Latest example was their mining logic.
So if you go down the list of
promises in the campaign, then compare to what they have implemented thus far, it is clear to see what they're doing. As long as they hit all those check boxes in some fashion or another, legally, they are
100% in the clear because
NONE of it has to actually
work.
I don't think backers realize what's going on yet. But wait, what comes next, is going to bring them all out of their collectively induced coma of denial. They thought the Crytek lawsuit was shocking.