I apologize but, I didn't read your post. Not because it's long or wrong, but the moment I did, I started picking up light element of spoilers. If I may suggest, quite a few of us are putting off picking the game again until it is completed, so it would be appreciated if you'd consider putting the spoilery bits under the "inline spoiler tag". If you are unfamiliar where, you can easily find it in the post tools here:
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Ofcourse, the final call of doing so or not doing so, is yours. Their are no rules against it. But, I'll wager your opinion piece will probably get more eyes this way.