I didn't quite get what you meant with the LI list there, are you saying your save has Carol and Yuki, Roxy and Nikki, and Ashley as LIs and the rest not? Is that why it felt short to you?
I got 2/3 of girls in game in my playthrough but this update gave me only a short scene with Nikki. I would understand it if I did a totally monogamous run with only one girl, but the list is more than solid.
I didn't feel like it was a short update, and for four months, I thought it was pretty decent actually, especially in comparison to some updates we've had recently after a much longer wait.
Yeah, it's always about comparison. And now I have got a confirmation again that scolding DPC or whinning for one update per year is the height of insanity. And updates in this (UoP) game is far from the worst case. It's still have a decent pace of development - content balance. There're much worst examples, and, which is more fun, sometimes there is a team working on the game rather then single man as in case with DPC or DreamNow.
If you're not on Rachel and/or Sara paths, I get how this update would probably feel short though, and even more so if you're also not interacting with Sasha.
That's why making each update more balanced is very important.
And your comment on harems is in direct conflict with my thoughts, as to me it looks like the harem opportunities are getting greater. There have been some points where LIs are getting closer to finding out about each other, but there are also explicit conversations (or at least one, so far) about a harem (using that exact word) and putting it together. Whether that means it will happen or not remains to be seen, but I certainly don't see a destruction of any "harem path".
According to events in latest episodes, MC started to think how to deal with all this mess he involded himself in (Roxy & dating others or vice versa, burning Natalie - Roxy bridge, etc, etc) So I see it differently. The "throuple" paths like Roxy + Nikki, Carol + Yuki, Sara + Ashley or the new fresh one of Sara + Nikki are understandable, but it's not about "harem" again, it's about the throuple paths as is. You still have to choice one of them, I suppose, sooner or later. Do I need to explain the difference with typical harem games?
And that's why you'll need to replay game several times, because some of relationships forms in the very beginning of the game as well as paths mixes/choices. The latest update is #27. And signs of branching and cutting off "conflicting" paths started like when? In #24 or #25? But isn't it a little late? Because until the last 2-3 updates, the game looked like a good quality "harem" game, with some kind of more or less decent plot, high-quality lewd scenes, etc. and suddenly, after years of development and on update 24-25, the concept changes dramatically. In the game world, only a month has passed - day 33 in the notepad at the moment. Here is the problem. The early episodes doesn't (almost) grant you with any content/bonuses for being loyal and sticking for one(two) LIs. So replayability is questionable and seems quite boring. Because you have to pass through 20+ updates just to get a save at the current episode to successfully continue & explore game further.