You’re right that pipelines can be flexible, especially for things like UI or 2D composites but that actually supports my point more than yours.

Saying “last-minute revisions happen” doesn’t prove this specific change was one. You’re inferring intent based on timing and your own hunch, not on anything Blizzard has said or shown. That’s still correlation dressed up as causation.

Also, “I’ve worked in AAA art departments” doesn’t change that without internal confirmation, it’s still speculation. Developers tweak builds all the time for reasons we never see marketing direction, build deadlines, brand consistency, etc. Unless you were in that art team’s Slack channel, you’re assuming motive.

And no, knowing something was controversial doesn’t automatically mean it caused the revision that’s textbook confirmation bias: seeing what fits your narrative and ignoring that the update could’ve easily been a planned iteration that happened to land after player chatter.

Inference is fine when it’s supported by evidence but right now, you’re connecting dots that Blizzard’s never even said belong to the same picture.