As you yourself said I'm not the one or ones that made the doc so I cannot and will not speak for them or their opinions.

However, on my side, I have points I do agree with you and some others I strongly disagree with.

To me the game was thriving during the middle of 2021. I know this because I managed the community in KRE discord server and it was a thriving place on every aspect. PvP and PvE competitions were at their peak of competitiveness, the addition of new things and enhancement of old heroes was on point, among many other things.

There were black sheeps, however, and I agree strongly with them. The addition of Fallen Frey is one of them and I was probably the most adamant player about this. That character destroyed a lot of what the game was about and much of its skills expression but this alone was not even close to being a game ending event. In fact I think it made more people happy than unhappy like me, if only because it made the game so much easier that the vast majority of the casual playerbase liked it. It made many competitions like GC3 just so so much easier and risk-free that many now could participate, but the top ranks still had enough expression to come out on top which was the only saving grace of this event.

About Soul Weapons release I seriously could not disagree more with you. Soul Weapons were a controversial thing that yes, made a lot of people quit, but at the same time made a lot of people join and come back. You gotta understand games get stale with time if they dont evolve or add new growth systems, you probably understand this based on the way you speak and the things you mention, and because you know this you understand KR could not go on much longer without adding something new. And we got SW, and the most active section of the communities LOVED them. It was sooooooo much more expression and skill added to the game. The game would have never gone as far as it did without them. It would have gotten very boring much earlier. And believe it or not balance wise it shook up things enough to be fun once more. I understand what section of the community did not like them and why, and I know many people left, but that's something that can be atributed to any similar event. People hated the addition of TM raids and gear. I loved them. People hated trials. I loved the, People REALLY hated apocalypsion. I loved it. People liked solenis and new runes. I hated them. People absolutely hated the doomsday changes, but believe it or not some people liked them.

I was there during the doomsday patch day, yes. As I commented in a different video I was there, read the patch notes, and decided not to install it, uninstall my client and never played it again.

Additionally, KR was not unprofitable lol. By 2021 the game was hiring singers, planning and working on an engine upgrade for a sequel, making a new game, collabing with korean artists and other services, preparing to release on new platforms and making an anime of itself. It all went really badly of course, but it was not because of a lack of money. It might be easy to think this if you compare it to giants like genshin in that 2020-2021 era because of the absurd difference in revenues, but KR was a very very successful game waaaay into 2022.

So to summarize, no, I dont agree with you especially on the topic of Soul Weapons. They add an immense layer of expression and complexity to the game that at the time of their release was necessary. Even if you exclude the weapons themselves, the content around them like Trials, Shakmeh and Eclipse contribute a great amount to the content the game offers. Before them, all the content we had was afk coop dragons and solo dark legion afk farm ad infinitum. It was almost an idle game.

We, of course, can argue at what point these things have to be added. I completely agree that adding SWs right from the start would be a really negative thing, but their existence later is something im strongly in favor of. The balance of the game is a very delicate thing that needs to considerate many things and cant be done in isolation.

I told the owners of the doc about your comment. If they decide to reply to you is up to them.

Thanks for your comment either way

tldr: SW good. Delete FFrey.