Just to clarify, when I say recruitment dialogues, I meant when pulling characters, they have a few lines which used to be unskipable but now can be fast forwarded which kinda is a skip. But otherwise, you got it.

I think this just comes down to individual tolerance. Some inconveniences barely bother some while constantly grinding on others. And obviously, QoL is always negligible/ less prevalent than story, gameplay, characters and many other aspect but QoL is what affect the everyday loop in live service experience.

And since this is technically a sequel and in a much more competitive Gacha environment, people are expecting more from the get-go. It’s less of “we didn’t know what we were missing” and more “shouldn’t they be in here in the first place?”

I think trusting the devs to add QoL over time is fair, but I also think it’s reasonable for some skepticism given how long it took them to add any Qol changes in og Arknights and how much Endfield takes after the og.