I do not play MP. Why because I'd probably have to alt-F4 to often to deal with things outside of the game. I do work in IT so I have a pittance of an idea about software and Agile projects.

I'd list the bugs by area, priority and suspected ease to fix. I'd also as a community take up the idea of a steady stream of mini patches then the max of three that used to be the case.

For instance 60 second timer to 90 second seems an easy win.
Not so easy might be changing the max size down to 14k.

Limiting art to less then a Gatling like menace may be as easy as allowing a toggle button for it's inclusion or scaling up the cost dramatically beyond the first. When I think of shogun I think swords and samurai not Bruce Willis and Armageddon.

Alt-F4 should if possible be tracked on a players profile. I think the idea that an AI takes over is fine... Until people purposely do so to give others an easy win.

For noob friendly players the option to play a matching force in composition seems a good idea. Rather then just trouncing them, you could play the same armies vs each other.

Small quick stable games and I'd have the time to compete too.