Quote Originally Posted by Dhex View Post
It honestly doesn't matter to anyone posting on here really - you're all (so far as I've seen) already lv50 and if you're not through 2.2 story you easily can pass "Through the Maelstrom" by 2.4 and have Ninja introduced in whatever goofy manner you advocate for - it won't hurt your "play-through" narrative.

It will however hurt a new player's narrative.
I think a new player is going to more bothered by having a huge hurdle to unlock ninja than they would be by a limited break in the narrative. And lets be honest, most people won't even notice it unless you point it out. And those that do will take ... what? 5-6 minutes to get over it?