I feel the same way... but the game wasn't even played. The first meet was a conceptual, "let's hear your thoughts... here are ours," meeting, not gameplay. From other GCs, I heard that there's some excellent stuff planned (obviously may not make it into the final product) and that the dev team really seems to be on board with all the feedback the GCs brought in.
I know that most GCs had a huge list of community wishes and feedback, and that not all of it was finished: that's how far in-depth discussions went. That, ot gameplay impressions, has me excited for 17.