I'm not gonna lie. After 7.0, I lost almost ALL my faith in the devs and their ability to keep writing good stories for this game.

This patch has returned to me a bit of that faith. They're treating the serious topics with the weight they deserve instead of the "sugar coat everything to make it less discomforting" crap they pulled in 7.0.

Wuk Lamat is doing what she SHOULD have been doing after she became Dawnservant. Largely staying the hell out of the way and tending to her "royal" duties. Giving the real Sphene far more time to shine, develop, and come into herself. I'm cautiously optimistic and looking forward to where they're gonna go with her character.

I really hope they keep up what they're doing with her because it's REALLY working for me.

Congrats, Square. You might have just earned my retainers back.