A three star new user speaking for all the fans who preordered? LOL.
And you can't really use the "IT'S A SEQUEL" argument either since every game of the Dominions series has been better than the last one.
Admit it, you just don't want to pay some extra money for it. What's the differnece of price between $40 and €55? The price of couple beer bottles? Some food? Couple miles worth of gas for the car? It's a minimalistic difference!
I and a massive number of people who ordered and preordered the game think that the game is well worth it's price as it is.
Illwinter made this game while their two member team worked on other jobs. I think the other dev had to even find a new job. They are teachers, which is a taxing job in itself. They made the game in their spare time and had to deal with anxious fans. I suppose the fans were anxious for a reason, afterall the game got delayed almost a year.
I doubt Shrapnel is swimming in money either, and that their pricing policy is driven not only by economic realities but also selling out their games at higher price than $5 which seems that many people are ready to pay for.
You seem to think of Shrapnel as some faceless monstrosite which is keeping Illwinter under some jackboot of oppression, or maybe you don't even think of the devs, or the publisher or anything else than just getting the game cheap.
Thing is, we have a two man team who has made a quality came on their spare time, and you come and essenitally say that they don't deserve what's their part of the $55 the game costs?