getting rid of valko gets rid of rafayel’s foil. the game is set up for 6 li’s! it removes the next part of the main story—the chapters in which we were going to learn about mc’s aether core (the big mystery driving the plot!) this will cause ripples throughout the rest of the entire narrative. if you thought the writing in lads was weak before, well it’s going to be very shoddily patched together now! if it gets released at all. if you were waiting for caleb or sylus’s next chapters, they’ll need to be partly rewritten most likely. at the very least. this seems like the worst move for the company, the game, and the players. if you don’t like him, don’t pull for him. don’t read his chapters even. but not allowing him to be added means the game will slowly die. no new storylines or characters in a game that relies on maintaining interest and gaining new players? death sentence. you have to add new stuff!
was there an element in xavier’s world underneath story that needed to be addressed and removed? yes. were there unfortunate word/phrase choices in valko’s promo? yes. address them. apologize. fix. but it seems many complaints about valko were malicious assumptions only. we had only seen a teaser! we didn’t have the full context. also many complaints about him were simply racism and homophobia.
canceling valko is quite literally throwing the baby out with the bath water. it addresses none of the concerns about pull rates, diamond farming, inclusion, or any of the many valid issues. i feel so much sympathy for the artists and writers who worked on valko for years only to see him used as a scapegoat. ineffectually.
i am just so baffled by this choice. inflop indeed.
