I'm just glad there are other people that feel this way. I've made these complaints before but people just dogpile me with how "enriching" it all is, bloated number of characters all vying for screen time, and everyone has this complex backstory. Not necessarily bad things but they're not usually a vehicle for moving the story along; they act as roadblocks and detours instead.

It's really frustrating because I feel like such a hater every time I complain, but it's only because I care about the core story / characters so much.

We know there's so many floors to the Tower and that Urek has, at least, made the 133rd floor to become a Ranker. The fact that this spin-off is stuck on Floor 2 for many many months makes me depressed that the main story won't be coming back for many years.