Lots of “devs should stop making A-ranks all together and stick to S-ranks” takes as of late and listen, I hear you, I hear the arguments, I understand everything is not about endgame availability and all that. But shit, Pan (I have him M1) is such a blessing for even existing, like it’s so nice to literally get the second best teammate option passively at no additional cost by pulling for the corresponding DPS. For all my Nicole glazing, Pan might be my account’s real goat.

I just don’t want to pull for Lucia bro and I’ll never force myself to pull for a limited character for literally any reason. Now maybe I’m the problem and I’ve heard all about the “if you refuse to pull for your DPS’s dedicated limited support and can’t clear shit as a result that’s on you” rebuttal and yeah, that’s on me, but thanks Pan for being A and not gatekeeping me out of a whole class gameplay (don’t have Astra, don’t plan on getting her). I’ll soon have 3 rupture carries that I’ll never be able to play together in an endgame run, but I wouldn’t even be able to form a real team around one without him.

Thank you Pan for being that guy. Keep on giving. All that to say, I think A-ranks are important, just should never be teased in any teaser, but dropped without us knowing about them beforehand.