[quote=@harinezumikouken]
Speaking of credits, I wonder if I should blow all the credits on minor upgrades to his equipment or save for a time when I can inact Shiro's subplot and [s]take his eye[/s] develop and mature him as a character.
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I went with the latter option and now here I am with easily enough credits to start Robert's subplot... but I haven't done it yet. I can blame it on "wanting to hammer out some kinks to the story I have planned," "Robert needs to make more friends so I can get as many people involved as possible," and "we're still finishing up missions so I should wait for things to cool down first" all I want, but I believe the main reason is just me being too self-conscious and thinking that some (maybe even a majority) won't be interested enough to want to participate and we'll run into the same problem we did with the missions in the sense that everyone wants to get it over with as soon as possible and that's not fun for anyone.