Quote Originally Posted by Boblawblah View Post
At the end of the day you're playing in SE's sandbox, and I've come to grips with that, despite my dislike of a lot of their decisions.
Yes, many of those posting in this thread are well aware of that fact and have repeatedly acknowledged that they are coming here to share feedback with the expectation that it may very well never be read.

Some who took issue with the story happened to dislike the direction of the other aspects of the game and have left altogether. Others have remained since they still find elements of the game to their liking. They're not mutually exclusive factors and it isn't like it takes much time to type up a post in between doing other things.

I'm not sure where you're getting the idea from in regards to this thread solely revolving around Venat - or Garlemald - since there's been a great many posters with different reasons cropping up over the course of the thread's existence who do not necessarily share the same issues with the way in which the expansion played out. As it happens, a new patch recently went live and so that contributed to this thread receiving a fresh bout of activity.

I don't recall any fan fiction being posted in this thread, either - perhaps you're mistaking it for another? I do my best to source my talking points - especially when highlighting retcons and inconsistencies in the established narrative.

At the end of the day, the writers chose to tie the Ancients to practically everything of note in the setting so far with only a handful of exceptions. So it's inevitable that they're going to dominate the conversation where the story is concerned until the game truly commits to moving on from them.

Whether it does or does not remains to be seen. Perhaps we'll get more of a sense of that with the upcoming Fan Fest. I would have liked the game to grant more agency to various characters and factions in order to better allow them to stand atop their own two feet but it's a bit too late for that now.