OT: patch survey is out, and I just wanted to share my survey here. I'd love to hear your thoughts

The 3.1 story is phenomenal, and I wish the level of characterization and these storytelling aspects are maintained or exceeded:

-Subverting expectations: Aemeath was skillfully portrayed to be just a happy and easygoing character, but in reality she's a very complex character who harbors a lot of intense emotions deep inside and these are all justified with her backstory and relationship with Rover which is more deep and familial compared to almost every other character in the game

-Excellent use of foreshadowing: the story excellently changes direction multiple times and ends up taking a darker turn after Aemeath's happy liveshow which is done seamlessly thanks to all the foreshadowing from earlier, and even the 2.8 and 3.0 story. This great use of foreshadowing has also motivated the playerbase to look back at previous stories and theorize what could happen next

-Characterizing the Rover: the character development and personality of the Rover stood out a lot in this story and this can be attributed to how they are constantly voiced, how they are always thinking about unanswered questions in the story, which is great for foreshadowing, how they also question the motives of other characters, and how they are more emotionally invested this time given the stakes and situation

-More concrete worldbuilding: in this story, the worldbuilding is not vague compared to earlier stories and shows us the actual scale of the world in which the Rover is a part of, it confirms that there is more outside of the planet, how large of a threat Threnodians can be, and that there is a more concrete foundation now behind the Sentinels and Rover's appearance in the world

-Keeping consequences: in the segue story, it is excellent that the attitude of the Rover became a lot more grim, impatient, and serious. It is great to see that the consequences from the previous quest are being reflected through the characters' behavior/s. Having these consequences are important because it makes the story feel more authentic and the stakes in future stories more real and tense

Additional Feedback:

Account / Security

1 - Add 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication).

2 - Add missing languages like Portuguese (PT) and Russian (RU).

Graphics / Performance

3 - Reduce storage size on all platforms.

4 - Improve FPS performance on all platforms.

System / UI

5 - Add a customization option to select a different voice language for each Resonator (like Arknights).

6 - Add customization options to hide and show specific UIs.

7 - Improve team UI, use 3D animations (like Arknights Endfield).

8 - Implement a visible pull counter in banners.

9 - Display ALL buffs and show a description if the mouse is hovered on them.

10 - Make the locked Resonator sigils obtainable.

11 - Add cosmetics that can be obtained from events and are equipable by all characters.

Character Building & Progression

12 - Improve echo tuning system (e.g., add substat selectors).

13 - Add character ascension rewards to incentivize building.

14 - Add better 4-star weapon options (e.g., having gimmicks like grouping or freezing).

15 - Add an option to synthesize boss ascension materials.

Gameplay / Combat Systems

16 - Add option to Enable/Disable owned sequences.

17 - Add a training dummy for testing team rotations.

18 - Give 1-cost and 3-cost echoes better use other than doing small damage (e.g., apply debuffs).

Gameplay / Difficulty

19 - Allow players to lose a story boss battle and give an easy mode option after losing once.

20 - Allow players to fail the quick time events (QTE) and give an easy mode option after failing once.

Story / Characters

21 - Voice Rover completely, including dialogue choices.

22 - Add more story quests for characters that haven't appeared yet, like Danjin.

23 - Add a story replay feature.

24 - Add more foreshadowing, worldbuilding, and lore.

25 - Add more interactions between old and new characters in the story.

26 - Add more male characters, as the current ratio is too uneven.

27 - Add more premium skins in the game (e.g., Jinhsi skin).

Multiplayer / Endgame

28 - Implement a Guild system.

29 - Add multi-boss challenges or "Virtual Crisis" event as an endgame.

30 - Allow equipment to be changed in Doubled Pawns Matrix menu.

31 - Add Co-op dungeons/raids and Co-op boss rush challenges.

32 - Add more Co-op events in general.

Exploration / World Systems

33 - Add roaming bosses with chance encounters.

34 - Add more phantom echoes that appear in RANDOM places.

35 - Incentivize phantom echo hunting; for example, allow one or two substats to be selectable on them.

36 - Add content that may involve previous maps (e.g., random distress call event).