Kate is almost certainly not out due to performance. Japan doesn't really do that, and even if they did, the game is floundering in all languages and regions.
I dunno. It's really weird that, as far as we can tell, she's not with the company and there's no explanation on her next move.
Knowing of some game dev folks on Twitter, they generally don't miss the opportunity to share promotions/new gigs/being laid off/etc. if the opportunity presents itself. Kate very much fits the mold of those types and it's strange that we basically find out through a promo video featuring another dude.
If she was promoted, I guarantee she'd be screaming it from the rooftops. If she found a position at another studio, she'd also likely be sharing that.
Just the way that this information came out makes me think she was let go, and based on what I've seen from her efforts and public statements I imagine part of the reason was she was let go.
(Now watch as it comes out that she was promoted or some shit after having said all this.)
It could just be that they started giving her directives from above about stuff and she refused. Or it could just be a matter of pay. Or it could just be her not wanting to be the community punching bag every time there's a story misstep.
I'm incredibly skeptical on all of that. Lore and narrative discussions seem to be collaborative, remember her anecdote about 'fighting' to get 'they/them' pronouns for the ShB fey, and her just going rogue and inserting shit that makes no sense would have been caught by the fans who play in EN and JP. She's a turbo weeb so working for peanuts (if she was) for a company she likely adores would be a non-issue, especially given that dirty gaijins have a chance for upward mobility (a la Koji Fox), and the punching bag thing seems to be something she relished.
I'm actually hoping now that she doesn't have to worry about proper conduct we may see the beginning of a lolcow arc with her.
The Ozmafication of content coupled with the complete gutting of everything else is a major issue that none of the big content creators for this game want to talk about because they're also all Arthars-tier raidtrannies.
I'm curious what sort of content you'd want to be seeing and/or what sort of content has been stripped from the game that is missing?
Mealz on Wheelz was the rage during that time though. Even XIV had it.
The whole thing with Arenvald makes sense (although I still think they did him dirty) -- he's a B-Tier guy who got knocked the fuck out, and him being on the sidelines and in a wheelchair makes sense given everyone was dealing with the potential end of existence.
The shit with Khadghar is contrived and insulting. You have one of the most powerful archmages in existence, whose magical abilities (IIRC) weren't hampered, opting to use a wheelchair because it was a 'gift from a friend', rather than something that'd be far more practical, imaginative, etc.
The whole 'wheelchairs in Dungeons and Dragons/fantasy' was all the rage at the time, like you said, and basically just came from retards trying to be contrarian.
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