Board Thread:Off-topic Discussion/@comment-27713488-20170606001125/@comment-35006067-20180709061507

Fluid-decanter wrote: Arakhne wrote:

Yeah, this part is very weird, especially with how much Sierra says she dislikes grind. Well, Sierra Lee is only one half of the development team at Hreinn. (Or perhaps one-third? I'm unsure how much input ndsferrari has in things.)

My own theory is that Sierra had initially planned for this part to be time-sensitive too (either with a soft limit, like for the trial, or a hard one, like the arena), but had had some harsh backslash (I have lost a bit of my faith in humanity while reading the comments on Hreinn Games; so much meanness) from people just wanting to play without such a pressure and decided to alternate between situations on the clock and free-roaming moments.

With the downfall that since you can grind your way out to the best result, of course you're gonna do it.