Again, missing a date isn't the problem. Missing every date is. And they have missed every date they ever set. Just with 3.0, CR said, last year, that 3.0 would be released before the end of 2016. Then he said it'd be released in July. Now it's been pushed back to August. At what point does it look like he's a competent manager?
It does point to a certain incompetency. On the other hand, missing dates is nothing unusual in game industry, especially for such complex games, and as I said, it is the end result that counts and not delays. So it is a cause for concern, but not as fatal as you think it is.
And again, how do you know that CIG won't cut something that you actually care about in the future? Their word isn't good enough.
Their word isnt good enough because scope of the game changed during development? I totally reject such conclusions. You see changing requirements/scope as some kind of a bad thing and treason on backers. I see it as a completely normal part of development, and to be expected. They may or may not change something I care about. I will adjust my opinion of the game when they do. Not before.
I knew they'd have to make cuts while you were still arguing that the scope of the game was perfectly achievable. If CIG didn't know this, they're incompetent. If they did, they continued saying the game would have 100 systems when they knew it wouldn't (and they're still doing it). Either they lied or they're idiots. Pick one.
100 systems was possibly achievable when they were a mere collection of fixed areas with autopilot paths in between. 100 systems is not achievable now. So they are neither liars nor idiots. As for 100 systems remaining on the website, again, nitpicking. They probably made that page long ago, copied some list of features from the kickstarter, and then forgot about maintaining every detailed line as they have hopefully better things to do. You see it as some kind of a legal contract where every mistake or inaccuracy is fatal, instead of a webpage of a game under development.
How do you deal with the fact that the game CIG promised is almost certainly not going to be the game they deliver (if they deliver an actual game at all)? And how long are you willing to make excuses for them?
As long as the game overall is good, I deal with it by not giving a damn. As long as it wont be, I will then deal with it by proclaiming Roberts to be an incompetent developer. It is still too soon for that IMHO.