(if you're here anon)
>>718942031
I'm stripping away flavor to compare mechanics, for example the gaiden chapters. Engage isn't breaking new ground with the way it does gaidens at all, if I want to be more fair to the game I can still directly compare its method to that of Awakening.
I do see your point on the fluidity of the ring system, though. Part of me wants to put that in the bucket of "unit customization" that has been building since FE2 and matured in FE13, but looking again at it as something so essential and unique to Engage I can agree that this truly should be considered experimental as it's an entirely new axis to unit customization.