I don't know how profitable inxile is these days; but my guess is that they use the kickstarter to gauge market for their game. If there is a lack of interest then they might feel the risk is too high to make the game without alternative source of funding.
My ethical bounds prevent me to monetize what you call the deception while it's - exaggeration.
Inxile's ethical bounds, and I bet yours too, are different than that. If selling a mother earns $, let's do it ASAP.
I said what I need to say, and won't return unless Inxile cuts it out of the project.
Wasteland 3 will in my opinion be just another irrelevant MMO. As such, it's funding process won't see a dime from me. Whoever believes I'm making a terrible mistake can correct it with their wallet by backing the project with some more $ than planned so the MMO project ends successful.
Worth reading:
Five common reasons game marketing is misleading