>>715860236
>Why’d they do that?
Who knows. Cold Steel 1 and 2 were very successful compared to the previous games, and then the focus shifted to catering to coomers.
https://kiseki.fandom.com/wiki/The_Legend_of_Heroes:_Trails_of_Cold_Steel_III/Credits#Scenario_/_Event_Script
This is just the start of the insane amounts of writer outsourcing.