Reading through the forum lately and sometimes it seems like the spambots would be better.
Posts being moved to a new thread that is relevant to the complaints doesn't mean the topic is being buried. If they really were burying it, they could just delete the posts they didn't like. My impression is they give us a lot of leeway, but when it gets too far out of hand they step in.
All the complaints about the events get old too. Did they mess up the data with this last one? Yes. For those who sent a support ticket and got it resolved, did it ruin the game because you didn't have the gold immediately after the sacrifice? Highly doubtful, just a little inconvenience.
People calling the dream of ironite a cash grab was just silly. I ended the week with more ironite than I started and a guaranteed skill shard a day. Seems like a win to me. How is that a cash grab? Because you couldn't buy out the store with what was earned. That's not the way it works.
My guess is that a lot of the complaints stem from overspending on an event and not getting what you wanted. Should they reveal the odds? Yes, or at least give a reason for not doing so. We already know they're low, knowing them won't change them and most likely people would still complain about it. Write Apple, continue to question NF, but that doesn't require hijacking threads and being a blemish on the community.
Most of the events are designed to deplete one resource or another. That's the way it works. It's why some of those are available for real money in the store. To entice you and thereby make money for NF so they can go on another day. But, overall the game is very playable for minimum or no investment so I think they've done an excellent job on balancing the freemium play.
Hopefully the last major update fixed a bug that was causing many of the issues, and the subsequent hotfix has seemed to not bring many new issues and only fixed skills. Keep optimistic. The tour will ideally be a catalyst for many of the new features.