The admission of Garlemald originally going to be the sole focus of 6.0 will never not mentally torment me. We could've had a compelling magic vs technology rehash between the Hindu and other near Eastern religious themes that inspired their own cultural form of fantasy in Ilsabard, against Garlemald proper which would've been the highest level of cyberpunk we'd ever get in this kind of setting. 7.0 being... everything else would've led to a more cohesive Grecian aesthetic across the zones.

The clear shift from trying to measure up to the tone of other western MMOs to going full anime nonsense between the new manga and the slice of life fluff cutscenes in the msq is really depressing. I blame everyone who said "well DUH of course you're gonna think it's weeb shit it's from JAPAN" my brother in Christ if I wanted to watch an anime girl talk cutesy I'd go watch Lucky Star or some shit, leave that out of my game about whole worlds facing potential destruction. And I say that as a weeb ass myself.