>>408874
Yea, I get why longtime players are really mad. I don't blame them, especially since Shift Up cultivated that fandom over the years.
>>408879
Yea, I'm just waiting, but I get why others aren't. They invested a lot into the game and this whole thing feels like a betrayal to them.
>>408892
>>408895
Seems about right. I'd expect them to feel the same.
>>408917
It's true! And I rather like Mori and her struggle and her uselessness. I know a lot of people don't. But I think I get why people were upset with 2.5.
I get what they were going after with Siren's solo advising sessions and its mostly worked for me. I don't hate it and most times I like it, but NIKKE is a harem/waifu game, so I get why that upset people. And I like that aspect, too. I could've help but blush each time Arcana casually hooked her arm around ours.
I didn't think Mori's episodes and the event story were in conflict. In fact, I was really touched by the message Mori sent the SKK at the end of the last episode. The complete absence of SKK in Mori's thinking is worth critiquing, but it didn't stick out that much for me. And it makes sense if she was so depressive and untrusting that she didn't register it as true kindness until the end.
Also, I've seen, in my own playthrough and in the community's criticisms of it, issues with the writing. Which is to be expected as it's not Shakespeare or anything. But the writing gets so much more right than wrong for me that I don't feel that much reason to be upset at it. Especially compared to other video games I've played.
I wasn't that bothered Mihara's kit wasn't good, even if she was a 1% pull. There have been other pilgrims that suck and I was fine saving my pulls/golden tickets. But the background/wallpaper thing would've upset me if I pulled on her.
I'm not bothered by the degree of yuri so far, but I didn't really see that much of it in 2.5. Slippery slope and all. But for now, I'm still good.
>>409114
I played FFXIV for 12 years and stopped playing last year. One of the things I really enjoyed about it was the storytelling and writing, like NIKKE. But the last expansion really showed the new writing team they put in charge doesn't have it and they're gonna be in charge for a long time. So, it was time to put it down.
You gotta enjoy these things and, if for whatever reason you're not enjoying it, its best to find something you do enjoy.
The moment NIKKE's storytelling stops clicking with me, that may be it for me. Cause I don't think I'll ever get used to doing all these daily chores to keep up with a character gacha game. I find the entire monetization model of them obnoxious and inherently unfun. But, so far, it's been worth it for me to get the stuff I do like out of the game.
So, here's to the good times, for as long as they last.