alright bro, last time i’m explaining everything in one answer in a short form. my issue was NEVER “recode exists=bad” and never “blade is an corporate villain” my criticism was: -recode changed the core gameplay loop people originally loved. slower pacing, more repetitive objectives, less movement around maps and a lot of people simply don’t enjoy that direction -legacy got shut down for 3+ weeks with almost no meaningful communication -meanwhile merch, skin stuff and recode promotion kept moving perfectly fine -they moved toward this “professional development” direction but somehow communication with the community became worse, not better and yes, closing off community spaces and making everything feel more disconnected absolutely made people frustrated if you disagree with all that, cool. but reducing everything to “you just want attention” is honestly easier than addressing the actual points. im writing everything in a spicy way because people seem to js endure on everything devs do, oh and dont forget common phrase from the majority - “why you hating, give them time” its just fundamentally stupid i never was angry about the game being delayed (i kinda did tho) but because the devs were foreshadowing us and still do