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That has nothing to do with character quests being integrated to the main plot. For example, Tribbie's past and present are very connected to the characters' main goal. It's not a NPC fiesta or something mostly irrelevant. Genshin only has a few retcons, the main issue is how Fat Xiao chose to ignore important lore points and put them in side quests and object lore. Now this is biting him in the ass as he plays catch-up with a huge part of the playerbase. Basically, his issue was pacing. Having someone like the electro Lightkeeper be connected to the Moon Goddess/Nod-krai more deeply is different from learning more about Yoimiya's generosity in her mandatory quest as she helped random NPCs or have Aventurine go through his past for a long ass time, which messed up the pacing since it wasn't directly connected to Penacony itself.
Thus why I said whether this change is a good thing depends on Fat Xiao's plans.