I know I already posted in here regarding this, but I am here to offer a bit of insight and maybe a little bit of wisdom.
Many of you are correct, as Feral Heart as a whole has been lacking in actual news for a long time. I am going to tell you with full honesty, that MOTS are in the dark as much as the rest of you. There really isn't a large difference currently for MOTS, as you all have the same 'line of sight' as everyone else here, unfortunately.
I am very much for transparency (with limitations of course), as the whole of work is based on surprise, which I strongly have believed it shouldn't be for quite a while. I cannot tell you how many times people have battled back and forth over this, and have had no leverage to go anywhere with it. Some staff do not want transparency for their own reasons, and that is okay as well! However, I have always strongly believed that transparency should be given to the community like every other game in existence. Every game you come across likely has constant news letters and updates, but FH does not. I'll give you some reasons why.
1. As WolfQueen mentioned, it would be nice to even have forum updates, but unfortunately (even with staff as big as it was), forum work is mainly an admin job, and the progress moves too slow and as everyone stated, there are more important things to be worked on. Even though I don't believe that is a real excuse to not do side projects, that is the excuse you are commonly given. (it should also be understood that there are only two admins, and they can be quite busy, so its understandable at times, but a solution should be made for forum work)
2. Staff just doesn't form that progress fast enough to actually put news out. Even though staff very likely could, but the reality is, it isn't fast enough.
Birdie was also right in this: "And I think with a game, that's dwindling in numbers, you can't afford to keep things so tightly guarded sometimes..." This is a very true statement. Just wanted to throw this out there.
The problem lies within the aspect of communication, not so much with the people. If we learn how to communicate and reach an outstanding conclusion, or a modest end point, we can get somewhere. I'm going to be honest with you folks, and I will likely retain backlash for this. But there is a reason 3 staff members left at once. There is a big problem with communication all around, and it needs to be fixed. Immediately.