also EA being just as, if not more patient about all this.

EA has been uncharacteristically patient with Bioware for their past few projects it’s wierd. Development for Mass Effect Andromeda and Anthem both lasted more than a decade even when both projects had little to nothing to show for it until the final year or so, yet EA still kept giving them extensions. MEA was even offered more delays when it was close to launch but Bioware Montreal declined for some reason.