Idk if there's any CN clairvoyance on this but I'm having a lot of fun with the mode and I have thoughts...(and tips)
The concept is great. I love seeing the game struggle to adapt to nonsense it wasn't originally intended for. The narrative and gameplay are both neat. I want to put Liaison in a maid outfit.
I am sad that this is likely to go the way of Ceobe's Fungimist and be lost to time in favor of only keeping more refined sequels of the mode available. There's real charm here to be kept if they're willing to iterate it with what they figure out from this. It makes you play the game differently and understand just how busted the characters you aren't invested in could be. I'm suddenly upset that I only have one Dollkeeper at E2 and no meaningful investment in any Ambushers.
The rough early pacing and clumsy onboarding are unfortunate. If the mode wasn't temporary then this wouldn't be as bad but as it is I'm torn between wanting to get to the dumb fun and not wanting to stumble my way through multiple early runs.