Quote Originally Posted by BlitzAceRush View Post
I mean while you could be right, they condensed one section that has been complained about for a very long time, nothing else, anywhere else and in addition added more to the MSQ at the same time, so it hasn't really set anything, they've also made no mention about doing it anywhere else. They noted 2.0-.5 has been a problem for some and addressed it, that hardly means they'll do anything else and using your logic of this one instance setting some kind of trend, I guess each of these "streamlines" will also make something optional mandatory as well the "president" has been set.
Let's call it metrics myopia if you will. It's what happens when you treat the symptom instead of diagnosing the root cause. They've identified a certain point where their metrics told them a significant amount of subscribers gave up. The question is why did they give up? Did they give up because ARR badly needed a QoL pass or is there a deeper complaint (I have to spend how much time before I can play with my friends?)

Of course I think they missed the mark. Or in my more charitable moods think perhaps they were being conservative. Either way they have a lot more work to do to make it palatable to those that consider story grinds a chore. They can shrug and say we don't need those subs but somebody thought chasing them was important enough to divert developer resources. I'm not convinced they have that freedom.