Do you follow them on Youtube? They post 20ish minute videos every other week or so demonstrating the things they've been working hard on.
Have you seen the updates for A17? They're amazing. Vehicles, a complete redesign of Diersville and Perishton, almost every house is a mini dungeon, gun...
I've always noticed that food restores 1.3x to 1.4x ish more hunger than the inventory menu says. Same with drinking and thirst. I'm definitely okay with this, but do we know why this is the case?