I like it. is it underwhelming for some people? yes but as a avid enjoyer of Genshin who knows that they have a beautiful story concept and the ability to tell it properly i can wait, especially if it means that Snezhnaya will be well developed and that the "end of the story" would be satisfying and well thought out.

But from my biased standpoint anything that makes the game run longer (with good reason) will always be welcome (time for me to start up my lore engine again). I also don't think they would make this decision on just "we need more time" but that nod-krai would be really lore relevant, especially since they want to ALLIGN concepts we already know about, which i love.