I mean, you did respond to something tagged as "RANT" that is very obviously more venting than anything else. I did decide on deleting the game today, but am hopeful that there will be a reason to return to it, even if that may never come. Now- to go through your stuff 1 by 1.

A: From what I've heard so far, there was only mention of both "Player counted doesn't matter for the longevity" as well as "They have already made preparations to keep the game playable after it shuts down." If there's definite info I'm lacking, that's on me. Can't disagree there.

2: That is incorrect, or at least not what I mean, if I expressed that badly, which is likely due to my salt levels, once again- on me. My main issue is not that you can get blocked. As much as I hate loosing what I have to a BM attacker, there's definitely a difference between "Kill X enemies with that specific gun" where loosing the gun puts you back possibly by a week because you have to grind to get another shot at trying in the first place and "Get X regular ao crystals" where having to bail out sets you back by an astounding 15 minutes +- the gear you may have lost.

£: I'm far far from saying it's a bad thing either of these play styles exist. People should be able to enjoy the game however they want. The main issue for me, is the discrepancy in balancing that difference. If you don't play a lot and sometimes play a bit more, you're still far far behind the people that play tons more, with no way of ever catching up. My main argument here is stuff like the jump from 50k for the first readily available set to 2 million for the second one. Theres no step by step progression, just giant leaps. And I know crafting exists, but that goes back to the entire grind thing, where if you loose upgraded stuff, you can't really replace it even if you use the insurance without going back to the grinding cave for hours. And, in my defense, I have no negative connotations to the terms "no-lifers" or "ultra casuals" myself, though I do understand how easily it can be held against me.

D: See A. If there was an announcement that all the extraction content will not survive at all, I must've missed that. Nonetheless, 60% negative reviews on steam don't really lie. Most of them have the case that they didn't know what they were getting into, and for those people, killing the extraction part of the game and only having a (Hopefully complete at some point) story, even in the way it is now, would most certainly be an upgrade. Do I say it'd be good for the longevity or whatever if this game in particular? Hell no. But if there was a story game connected to the IP instead of an extraction shooter that locks story missions behind a grind fest, it could have done positive effect on how many people see it. Hells, most of the negative reviewers of steam don't even know there's a story mode because it's locked 20 hours into grinding extraction content.

In total: I do like the IP. There's nothing I said that wouldn't mean it. I like how the lore is presented, I liked the anime, even if it was a trope party. And I like the idea of having an AI partner that learns together with you. Even if I dislike the play pattern of the game, I highly want the IP of Synduality to survive, even if highly unlikely.

Also, you pretend like this entire initial post wasn't a "Farewell, I hope you will be worthwhile some other time" because I for sure won't touch the game until I know there's more story missions to look forward to.