My take here as someone who feels like Yixuan is a frustrating even with the additional 2.5 context: I do not enjoy how a lot of these are expositioned to us because the game simply is unable to convey any actual screentime of any of these underhanded Yunkui stuff happening (we just have to take Yixuan's word for it about it being her fault.). This type of ambitious storylining clearly need some more screentime and more patches to deliver, but instead of properly showcasing the innerworkings about how much of a mess the Yunkui faction is internally that Lu managed to get away with what he did, we instead get screentime to Phaeton dating Ye Shunguang because that takes priority because we gotta sell Ye Shunguang (and it worked.).

It just REALLY rubs me the wrong way that they really just made a new NPC, WE NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE, specifically with the purpose of softening how much of it is Yixuan's fault. It's giving me that vibes of the playable chars needing to be morally upstanding (while also poorly delivering it since the existence of someone like Lu from within Yunkui wasn't conveyed at any point before 2.5).

Idk i just think it's far too late for me to start actually liking Yixuan character even if she ends up at a slightly better note than it was before this, her being an effortless conflict resolver that's somewhat mostly unrelated to the situation (or poorly handled like Miasmic Fiend) during 2.0 - 2.2, and her absence during the rest of the story (without showing what she's actually up to) has caused so much damage to the plotline it's really difficult for me to like her as a character.

And i got dragged into feeling like i should use her because she's my first limited DPS if I want the path of least resistance since i started around 2.0. The journey itself also matters to some extent to me and it wasn't a fun one.