I can assure you that effort will be placed on fun stuff and things that are critically needed (subjectively) by the developers. If you wanna change that then

I can assure you that effort will be placed on fun stuff and things that are critically needed (subjectively) by the developers. If you wanna change that then go ahead and do it yourself, or fund it ... Otherwise Open Source is Open Source, and always have been. It is what it is, not what you would wish it to be. Why not send a letter to the "ceo" or equivalent and voice your opinion? When I helped out with Warzone 2100, I strictly did stuff I think was giving value to me personally. That included helping out with features people needed, but certainly not always.