We lost an entire section of the MAIN STORY.

The livestream literally told us Valko's release was going to reveal more about the Aethercore—one of the biggest mysteries in Love and Deepspace and something that's been central to the plot from the very beginning.

So now what?

You think they can just delete him and nothing changes?

Do people genuinely think you can rip out an entire story arc without consequences?

Everything that was supposed to be revealed through Valko now has to be rewritten, redistributed, or outright cut. The main story is going to have to be retconned. Future updates are going to have to be reworked. Characters may have to be rewritten just to fill the gap he leaves.

If you're celebrating this because you "won," I sincerely hope you understand what you've actually cheered for.

im extra disappointed from a game standpoint because i know there was going to be a lot of lore added and explained with his introduction bc of his position that we’re now missing out on, and the potential delays in already long awaited updates that re-workshopping this change will cause.

also just genuinely surprised because at the very least, from a business standpoint, all the sunken cost for him alone feels like it should’ve been the last resort for them to do this and not the first solution, since they’ll never make any money back on him now.

So now you still have to WAIT for the main story to be released.

They didn’t truly acknowledge the discrepancies in content for Sylus and Caleb. Much of their storyline is still missing in a very dissatisfying way. There’s still a gap in terms of cards and certain content in comparison to the Original three characters. Which is not me saying that I have a problem with the original three. I have known of LADS since it was in beta in China which is years before it was available Globally. And I say that to say, obviously, I love Xavier, Zayne, and Rafayel, but loving them doesn’t negate that the other characters are treated much differently.

They didn’t offer better ways to farm or updates to current ways to farm for f2p (which I am not a f2p player but I do know that business wise it is always better to treat free players as best you can to incentivize more players to consider paying to play. Economically their lack of commitment to that does not make sense in the long term. (A great example of treating your customer base well yielding great profits and brand loyalty is Steam.) I also do not think that any player, f2p or not, should take this lying down. If there is never united pushback then there is never any effective change. And for a company that is only interested in the bottom line, as Infold/Paper Games clearly is, the only language they understand is loss of revenue.

The lack of acknowledgment of the sizing problem completely is also a gigantic red flag to me. I have well over 100gb of space on my phone over all and the game currently takes up almost 70 gigs as is. And that’s with some resources not downloaded. Right now I have to consider quite literally deleting every single photo and almost every app I have to be able to keep this game in the long run. I have stated many times in posts across social media and in their surveys that they NEED to have PC/Console Compatibility. Many players will not be able to continue purely because they do not have space and at this time as stated in my last point they have not done a very good job of creating brand loyalty based off of how they treat their players.

Overall, I think the only thing that’s creating profit for Infold/Paper games is the fact that we love these characters so much. They have done a wonderful job of not only making sure their appearance and most animations are as realistic as possible but they have also done a fantastic job of creating personalities and little quirks that are so realistic that it’s very easy to become parasocial with them. The only problem with this in my eyes is that they seem to be using that to cop out of creating an actual GAME with actual STORY. And even when I think of the greediest gacha games, they put story first, and even if there is a long time In between they give you ways to farm if you’re will to grind. I typically avoid grindy games but for LADS I would work my ass off.

I would be remiss if I did not bring this up. As a black player, I am incredibly uncomfortable with the amount of racism I saw toward Valko from Chinese players and global players alike. I find it strange and disheartening that it has not properly been acknowledged either. While I am disappointed, I am not at all surprised, considering that there are no truly varying skin tones for darker tones, the lighting (at least within my game, because I have seen others saying was fixed) is still very poorly done for darker tones, their is absolutely NO varying hairstyles even though they did make an Afro as a sticker that was meant to seem funny and goofy, which I found to be disrespectful. Again, not surprised because racism and colorism on a global scale is a rampant issue that feels to be worsening by the day, but it is extremely hurtful that in a game that is meant to be a relaxing escape for women, I am unable to fully immerse myself as people of lighter tones would more easily be able to do.

And as a side note the light issue for tones seems to be tied to the lighting issue with the at home feature. I have a million and one lamps in my villa purely because the lighting emitting from one lamp is not at all effective and at times does not appear to be on unless you stand at a specific angle so for those not convinced to give a fuck about the black player experience, it would be beneficial for you to care about lighting because it would help the aesthetics of your villa as well.

Obviously, I have to state this because unfortunately reading comprehension and critical thought is in the toilet globally: EVERYTHING I STATE IS OF MY OWN OPINION. I AM SHARING MY OWN PERSONAL THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS OF INFOLD/PAPER GAMES AND I AM NOT SAYING YOU ARE REQUIRED TO THINK THIS WAY OR EVEN LISTEN TO WHAT I SAY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, YOU DO NOT LIKE IT, OR ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT I SAY OR HOW I SAY IT RUBS YOU THE WRONG WAY PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS SACRED, FUCKING BLOCK ME.

instead may i offer himbo dumb idiot that somehow made it this far into life bc we can have nice things