Quote Originally Posted by Valence View Post
What have they started changing in 7.2 and 7.3? PT maybe? That's about it? So that's very recent.
I was referring to the direction of the MSQ story. It’s clear that they had intended to do something with Wuk and being a dual ruler of Tural. I have a feeling that they were going to have her join us as a traveling companion so she can see the world and become more worldly as a ruler like her brother. They had also intended to have Sphene stay in Alexandria.

Those plans are out and now they have to pivot into a different direction with Sphene being the probable new companion as hinted in the patch trailer. Sphene is considerably more popular with the players so it makes sense and I like this potential direction for the story. She can turn on her virtual clone and slip away without anybody noticing and get reports when she checks in or returns.

Players do not want to be a background character like we were in 7.0 and 7.1. 7.2 onward restored us to being the main character in the story. The climatic cutscene in 7.3 shows this in vivid detail including the immense amount of resources that the art department put into the CS.

Now the Devs just have to win back the 50% of the player base who quit during 7.0 to 7.1.