a pause of an year without an episode is a lot subjectively speaking: people start to lose interest, people start to complain, people forget about the story, people move on with their lives and so on...
That is part of the reason I am peacing out of this one. My limit is about 6mo (which is probably too unrealistically brief for current day AVNs, but I just don't have the ability to maintain interest in a story over long period of time). After 6mo or so, I start losing interest exponentially. I am the same way with regular novels as I am visual novels (Hello GRRM

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i don't really dwell on Interlude stuff (is it / isn't it debate). I played it quickly one time and meh. It is ancient history to me now. Haven't touched BaDIK since then, even to replay the fantastic s1.
But even if the production times somehow quicken, I have other issues with the game that I don't think are going to improve.
I find the the new style of animations (as described by the dr himself) annoying. I doubt I will even be able to enjoy this as a purely fap game if he goes all in on these bizarre animations. Absolutely loathe auto-switching angles within one animation clip. Looping a specific type of movement then advancing to the next, at the initiation of the player, is preferable. Player control is supposed to be a feature of AVNs, especially during lewds.
I also did not enjoy the latter half of season 2. DPC is leaning more into the drama aspects that defined his work in AL and I thoroughly disliked everything about that production. Add to that the mysteries that never seem to be solved after two seasons (but could be by MC just asking a simple question) and
Another issue I have is that I am not interested in any of the 5 main LIs. That is a bit of a problem in an AVN. Especially when you consider that the side girls are not guaranteed content every episode. We got next to nothing with Cammy in an entire episode. Couple that with a long production time and you may have to go 2 years before you get content with a girl you like. Can't do it any longer. Season 1 is still to me one of the best AVN experiences I've had and nothing will diminish that, but I can see where this train is going and I'm content to step off and leave it with happy memories before it becomes AL part 2 for me.