fostaa - That was a thought out post. You're right, of course, to point out that there are issues present in the game. The dev team are aware of many of them and have plans to deal with them already -- some have been long-pending. The buildings, equipment, store, and stats for the PCs (primarily for Rowan) are underway to have a
massive overhaul. Many encounters will also be reworked to reflect them including partial successes and failures. Some things are on the back burner (and that's why you're seeing placeholder text in some areas) while the team takes care of other priorities. I liked some of your ideas like overthrowing The Twins, or the appearance of physical manifestations of the PCs of how Bloodmeen or Chaos or whatever may be having an influence and is changing them over time. These though will likely be in future installments of
SoC and not in this one. In regards to Alexia's encounters, some story lines can only be initiated or progressed further based on her own stats (i.e., her corruption level) or how
Rowan's choices affected things for her while he's away exploring or otherwise occupied. While I didn't go over every point you've raised, I hope this post at least squashed several of your concerns. Glad you're enjoying the game though! Cheers and be safe. ;]
Edit: Fixed a typo.