The point of me quoting Citan over and over was to underline that he kept the vagueness on purpose most likely. There's no point picking apart my posts, it's really unimportant when mangling shot was added, the point is we get to keep more than other games allow. No, there's no guarantee that the abilities will all be kept unchanged.
On topic-tbh I don't really wanna post how much i donated or when. I don't even like the idea of being mentioned anywhere (forum or credits). It creates unnecessary friction/animosity/bragging imho and I'd rather not. I think that many players that i know contributed only with the basic package actually contributed way more to the development by playing for a long time and offering invaluable data for years. I think that's a more important contribution than $$.