No, I would not have berated them about the past. I still play the game almost every day. However, being "on bard" does not mean one can never criticize development.

I would have asked about their management of limited resources, in particular art assets.

I would have asked about content other than heroics and collections. This is a valid question because a lot of players are concerned about all future content revolving around collections and heroics.

I would have asked about post-publish tweaks and adjustments based on feedback, which I feel has been lacking since the Content/Update path split.

I'm not personally much of a pilot, but I believe as you put it "the lack of meaningful impact of space combat" is a problem

Contrary to what some people would have you believe, there is no fence with pro-SWG on one side, and anti-SWG on the other. Many players have valid concerns regarding the game, and there is nothing wrong with questioning the developers' decisions.

From a journalistic standpoint, this is a bad article/interview because it lacks any real criticism or hard questions. It's like when politicians claim to take questions from regular people, but the questions are all pre-approved by the campaign, it's not real journalism.