Girls' Frontline 2 Promises to 'Optimize' Daiyan's Controversial Storyline — Players Call It the G36 Bait-and-Switch All Over Again

'Optimize and adjust' — just four words, and GFL2 thinks it can sweep an entire storyline controversy under the rug? The official team recently announced plans to 'optimize and adjust' the storyline for the character Daiyan, but rather than calming players down, the announcement detonated an even bigger trust crisis on NGA. After all, the last time they promised 'optimization,' it turned out to be a skin censorship wave in the original Girls' Frontline.

The crux of the issue: the official wording says 'optimize and adjust,' NOT 'rework' or 'overhaul.' That means whatever changes they make, however minimal, technically fulfills the promise. As one player put it: 'The term is way too vague — the original GFL skin censorship was also called an 'optimization.' I'm not spending a single cent until I see exactly what changes.'

What really set the community off is that this Daiyan situation follows the exact same playbook as the G36 controversy: drop the character's gacha banner first so players whale, THEN release the storyline with controversial content. As one top reply spelled it out: 'Same trick as G36 — open the banner first, players spend money, and when the story blows up later, no refunds. As long as Chong (翀) is in charge, I'm not spending a dime.' 'Chong' (翀) is the community's mocking nickname for director Yu Zhong (羽中), and 'Don't spend with Chong' has become an unofficial consumer warning across the fandom.

The elephant in the room is Raymond — a male NPC in GFL2 who had vaguely romantic interactions with multiple female characters, sparking massive player outrage and becoming the single biggest storyline landmine in the game's history. So when the team announced they'd 'optimize' Daiyan's storyline, the top-voted comment nailed it: 'So they're gonna revive Raymond after players have already emptied their wallets, huh?' The implication is crystal clear: get you to spend first, sneak Raymond back in later.

The comment section reads like a unanimous vote of no confidence. 'Optimize ≠ fix, next,' wrote one player. Another fired back: 'Didn't you say the story was fine? Didn't you blame players for misunderstanding?' — referencing the team's earlier stance that there was nothing wrong with the narrative. This gap between 'nothing's wrong' and 'we're optimizing it' makes the announcement feel more like crisis PR damage control than an actual apology. One commenter even predicted the endgame: 'Sell all the skins first, serve up the story unchanged, then claim you "optimized the difficulty."'

Some players connected the dots to the studio's rumored funding troubles, with one reply noting: 'Looks like those fundraising rumors aren't going too well, huh' — suggesting the story 'optimization' might be aimed at retaining paying players or placating investors. Another commenter referenced a recent rumor about 'dead butterflies' (死蝴蝶), warning that if that leak was real, 'fast forward to getting screwed for the third time.' It seems GFL2's storyline disasters aren't a one-time thing — they're becoming a pattern.

What's most telling is the shift from rage to gallows humor. 'Please don't contact me anymore, Daiyan — I'm afraid Ksenia might get the wrong idea,' quipped one player, while another sighed: 'Quenching thirst with mirages, filling stomachs with painted cakes — good times for the copium addicts.' When a game's storyline needs repeated 'optimization adjustments,' player expectations have already hit rock bottom — and some are just here for the show at this point.