I don’t mean to be argumentative, but I wouldn’t think anyone would need to ask or suggest not to bench the main character and what was the entire game for most of development just as the options opened up, barely adding any content for her in I don’t know how many updates.
All the side stuff just popped up and completely stalled the core game. It’s one thing to set up the characters from the start and build them up as you go, it’s another to essentially bait and switch the players who follow the game for what it was.
I think that's a little harsh. I've been playing this game from the first iteration and I've never felt like the decision to add more characters was a "bait and switch".
It appears you believe the Jen character is the delicious core of the game and I couldn't agree more. Like you I've mentioned my frustrations at the lack of new content for her over the course of the recent development cycle (feel free to go back in the thread to find my comments and MW's answers) but I've never felt the secondary characters didn't have some sort of point in the overall game and they certainly didn't "pop up". Mel was your liaison at the strip club from version 1.0 if I recall, Lydia was always at the gym and became more defined after people complained that they didn't have enough daily energy and Jen mentioned having a sister many updates before Fiona was added (maybe as early as version 2.0, it's hard to remember exactly) she just didn't have a model. If you're talking about Christine or Krissy as examples that wern't there from the start then sure, but both are peripheral and have no defined love/lust content like the others.
The majority of Jen's current content (especially the daily events) have been here since either 3.5 or 4.0, so to say that her content was the entire game for most of development is not true. If you count her story as the main plot then sure, but it's not the entire game by a long shot. How long have you been following the game may I ask?
If you feel the core game has been stalled in favour of extra characters I can see how you might feel that way but MakinWaves has always been very open with their intentions for updates on the game and answering queries on this forum. How much of the content that makes up the current game was initially intended only the dev can answer but after following this game for so long I would always give MW the benefit of the doubt on such things for two reasons: firstly because my queries, no matter how whiny, have always been answered sincerely and secondly because my views, efforts and opinions aren't what made this amazing game.
Ta.