Originally posted by Mardoin69: I feel like once 2.0 drops, the goals are met... according to this ...^... info (Original Post.) Except that they did go onto claim Bandits would be part of the game. IMO, 2.0 + Bandits + Storyline finishing... and the game IS complete... at which point it would just need final bug fixes and optimizations.

2.0 will bring us closer. 3.0 will add bandits and 4.0 will add story and workshop support. Then they will call it finished. They'll put a skeleton crew on it for 2-3 more years to continue bug fixing and add small updates with occasional new content but TFP will shift its focus and most of its employees to its next game.
Their next game, btw, won't be crowd funded via Kickstarter but probably will use the Early Access program. It will be interesting to see how many people buy into that already knowing how long this game spent in that program. I think, despite the hate often posted here about this game's early access experience, that most people are going to jump on. Later this year we will get to see what happens with Illogika's Bloodmoons Early Access-- whether it will rise or sink. I'm completely split on that one seeing that it could so easily go either way. But if it does succeed then that bodes well for TFP's next game as well.