Not sure I like the "A long standoff will be developed over several updates". It just seems like a way to keep the shit stain that is Eric in the game for those that don't like him, just to get all the content. Because if we kick him early then we won't get all the content with the girls, but I don't really want to be in the v.08/09/10 and still have Eric there if I choose the long war path. I think it's a mistake and the long path shouldn't take more than one or two updates, otherwise it's just a way to delay the content with Ann and the rest of the girls in the house.
I don't care about Eric, I don't want him in the game, but if kicking him fast means losing content with the girls, then that's not really an option to take, so I really hope that we kick him in the long path in v.07 or 08 tops, because otherwise it's just delaying things because reasons, and I still don't get how a dev that doesn't like Eric, keeps making content with him even in the path that is at war, it's dumb.