Bosses make no sense...

[Submarine]

The most egregious example is The Bother of The Eternal Pyre boss. The regular NPC's look like hell divers that use flamerthrowers. The boss / leader: a flamboyant twink in beach clothes that uses an ELECTRIC pal. They need to change the arenas and bosses for each boss fight. The only boss that isn't weird AF / out of place is the PIDF boss and they look like a direct rip off of Klaus Walz from Valkyria Chronicles 4

[White Rabbit Alice]

Zoe is meant to be a parody of Marnie from Sword And Shield, Lily,i dunno who that takes from. i havent met the others yet.

[funewchie]

Reading their diaries, you find out most of their groups are nothing like the bosses.

Such as Lily's group don't believe any of her Pal-loving, human-hating, beliefs.
Zoe's group barely tolerate her at all, and will kill her the instant they think they're strong enough to.

And as far as we know, Axel (Eternal Pyre boss) is a mysterious rapper that just seeks an epic fight.
He outright says, "I don't care 'bout they type, ain't nobody gonna beat my hype. "
In other words, he doesn't care that his group loves fire, he prefers "lightning".

[White Rabbit Alice]

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Zoe's group barely tolerate her at all, and will kill her the instant they think they're strong enough to.

dang, thats a low bar.

[GespenstKAF]

The current theory among players is that Axel is the PAL Genetic Research Unit member "Alex" that went missing who was mentioned near the end of one of Victor's diary logs.

This would explain why Axel uses a Pal that is better suited for powering advanced technology, instead of one that burninates the countryside, peasants, and thatch-roof cottages.

[Nicodemous52]

Lots of things don't make since. The castaway coined the term "pals" yet, all the natives picked up their introduced slang.

Pals don't decompose, yet we see giant pal bones all over the place.

I'd also add, the game kind of set you up to expect a twist. You can't really know what to expect with Zoe assuming you go in totally blind. Then, you go to an icy mountain and fight, a grass type? That should be a clue just because you are expecting fire, doesn't mean that's what you are going to get.

[PlayerNumeroUno]

and they need to allow us to dress like him using the antique dresser after we beat him, just as a vanity look not to replace armor; please and ty :D I need that outfit, only a real man is okay with dressing like a beach twink.

[Nicodemous52]

IF they care about a cohesive story at all, and nobody says they have to. I do think they need to have a good editor go over it and present them with changes to make it make some amount of sense.

[tikiman572]

Isn't Zoe NOT the leader of the Rayne Syndicate, though? Like, she IS an officer and a Tower Boss, yes, but I believe her father is stated to run the show, though we haven't exactly met him. Whether he remains in the shadows or actually arrives in a future update remains to be seen but his relationship with his daughter, according to the diaries, isn't what one would call the best...

[Zeo]

Lily have some members fighting against themselves at the captured Pals locations, according to the lore some members of her group don't respect her and keep enslaving Pals.

I'm pretty sure that this wasn't a thing some patches ago and it give more color to the game!

[drakeloreroar]

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Isn't Zoe NOT the leader of the Rayne Syndicate, though? Like, she IS an officer and a Tower Boss, yes, but I believe her father is stated to run the show, though we haven't exactly met him. Whether he remains in the shadows or actually arrives in a future update remains to be seen but his relationship with his daughter, according to the diaries, isn't what one would call the best...

This. was just thinking the same thing. My head canon is that Zoe's Father is the real big bad of the Syndicate that we will run into near/at the end. Might even be he's the one behind the Paldecks that for some reason are trying to get people to shut the towers down.

[Submarine]

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Първоначално публикувано от tikiman572:

Isn't Zoe NOT the leader of the Rayne Syndicate, though? Like, she IS an officer and a Tower Boss, yes, but I believe her father is stated to run the show, though we haven't exactly met him. Whether he remains in the shadows or actually arrives in a future update remains to be seen but his relationship with his daughter, according to the diaries, isn't what one would call the best...

This. was just thinking the same thing. My head canon is that Zoe's Father is the real big bad of the Syndicate that we will run into near/at the end. Might even be he's the one behind the Paldecks that for some reason are trying to get people to shut the towers down.

I think the final boss will be a kid in a red cap

[drakeloreroar]

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Първоначално публикувано от drakeloreroar:

This. was just thinking the same thing. My head canon is that Zoe's Father is the real big bad of the Syndicate that we will run into near/at the end. Might even be he's the one behind the Paldecks that for some reason are trying to get people to shut the towers down.

I think the final boss will be a kid in a red cap

Or an Italian Plumber lol

[Shrub]

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Isn't Zoe NOT the leader of the Rayne Syndicate, though? Like, she IS an officer and a Tower Boss, yes, but I believe her father is stated to run the show, though we haven't exactly met him

Y'all reading the logs at all?

I'll spoil quite a bit, but everything I'm referencing will be from Zoe's, Bjorn's, and Saya's logs scattered in-game:

Bjorn's logs state that he asked Zoey's father to do something. Bjorn expressed surprise when the man accepted. What this something was wasn't specified, but Zoey mentions he disappeared suddenly at some point. We don't know any more, but Zoey's father is MIA; presumed dead, maybe attempting to leave through the storm Frostallion created.

>>> Zoey was kept around because the syndicates respected her father and barely tolerated her. She gained their respect when she fought them over the poached Grizzbolt and won. Her strength put them in place, as observed by Sayla in her observations.

This actually ties really well into what I originally wanted to add from GespenstKAF's post regarding Axel, I forgot about that bit when reading through Saya's logs. More spoilers:

During Saya's observations, she mentioned that the volcano people had suddenly become active and started a turf war against the Pal GRU. I'll quote the log this time:

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There is disarray among the ones from the volcano. Rumor has it their leader has changed.

Before, their ways weren't so extreme. But now, they are consumed by a bloody struggle against the maniacs from the white mountain.

Those lunatics, those unscrupulous people who disgrace this place. So this situation benefits us.

But why did they start fighting now?

I think this adds to the theory that it was Axel who left. Maybe his rap was entirely directed at Victor? Who knows.

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Lily have some members fighting against themselves at the captured Pals locations, according to the lore some members of her group don't respect her and keep enslaving Pals.

I'm pretty sure that this wasn't a thing some patches ago and it give more color to the game!

Its a lot more complicated than that, Zoey touches upon it on entry 3 and you have to read into the sanctuarys a bit deeper. This post is already too long tho and others have iterated it better than I ever could.

[funewchie]

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This. was just thinking the same thing. My head canon is that Zoe's Father is the real big bad of the Syndicate that we will run into near/at the end. Might even be he's the one behind the Paldecks that for some reason are trying to get people to shut the towers down.

I think the final boss will be a kid in a red cap

I'm thinking Bjorn's diary pages have already slightly foreshadowed what the final boss will be like.
And it sounds like it's gonna be pretty intense, when they finally do add it.

[Shrub]

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I think the final boss will be a kid in a red cap

I'm thinking Bjorn's diary pages have already slightly foreshadowed what the final boss will be like.
And it sounds like it's gonna be pretty intense, when they finally do add it.

It'd actually be so hype if Red...cap catches it last second and you have to duel him to become the strongest