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Sadly, I very much do agree with you. I can't in the past say there is too much going on and L&P needs to cut characters, then not be OK with the side jobs coming to an end.I really want to be bitchy, but I'm going to try and be an adult.
The vast majority of people who are left in this thread are not here looking for a quick fuck. Everyone understands the slow burn natures of this game. But that slow burn has gotten out of control. I don't think you'll get much argument here that the side jobs aren't important. I think the second side job is gross as hell and broke the game, but that's a different conversation. The argument, instead, is that something has to give. We're on pace for a 30 year development cycle. That means that the game is never going to advance in a meaningful way unless cuts are made. Painful cuts. The low hanging fruit like Bennett's storyline have already been cut. Now we need to start getting into more painful cuts because they impact development time to a higher degree. Would it have made more sense to build up to Dylan slowly? Yeah, for sure. But that would require focusing on side characters that no one cares about because he hasn't done a good job of developing them. No one wants to play 2 or 3 updates a year that focus on characters that we haven't seen in 2 years.
But really, nothing is going to matter until L&P starts producing a new update every 4 to 6 weeks. Until he can start pumping out updates at a reasonable rate, there's no chance that this game is completed in the way he originally envisioned.
I've said this before, the filthy route is Sophia with Dylan, and the lesbian route is Sophia with Ellie, and the good wife route is Sophia with Liam (swinging route). Every other character was there to help Sophia to the point she crossed the line with Dylan and Ellie. Sophia did that with Dylan in the last update and can say she already did that with Ellie in the scene with Julia at the pool. Yes, Sophia hasn't gone all the way with them but what she did do was significant.
Other characters can be tied in, like Sam and/or Zach with Dylan, Julia or Patricia with Ellie. They're certainly can be some crossover between routes but updates should always have Sophia with Liam, Ellie or Dylan.
There are some loose ends that need to be tidied up first and things come to a logical end, but the side jobs, Aiden tasks, and any more maid stuff need to all come to an end.