Hello there! This is my first time making a poll suggestion thing.. and I'm a bit rusty to lioden, so forgive me for any lack of knowledge..

Alright.. it's time to talk about the July storyline event. The July event was my favorite event in lioden! From it's gorgeous bases, the interesting decor and overall lovely stellar themes, I just think it's wonderful!
However a big part of why I loved it so much was the compelling storyline..

A lot of things went on in my life this year, so unfortunately I stopped playing around February and couldn't do the July event.. however, when I discovered that the entire July storyline event was changed, I was beyond hurt! I'd gotten so attached to the wonderful characters and their storylines that I didn't mind coming back to reply it each year again and again..
Now it has been reduced to.. just.. space dragons??
It makes me upset.. how are you gonna build up our love for these characters for years, and then suddenly take them away to replace them with space dragons..
I appreciate all the time and effort went into the art, they're all gorgeous as always, but.. I can't help but get a heartache knowing that It's so different from what im used to.

Now, of course I haven't played it myself but others have reported that the battle mechanics are wonky and people are lost with what's going on.. I would be too! There isn't any storyline from what I see, and even if there was, I wouldn't be all that interested in it.

I can understand somewhat as to why they changed it up, maybe lion art was too outdated and they didn't feel like touching it up.. or maybe Apollyon's whole thing was triggering and people wanted change..
But even then, I don't understand why they don't just fix up Apollyon's arch a bit or redo the art when they're so talented..
Ooorr they could've put a trigger warning over the parts.. there's many options!

I understand that this event is still in development for next year, but that's also important because if we want change, we should announce our problems early before it's completed.. give the mods a lil insight on how we feel! I know that things probably won't change back.. but there's still some hope sparked in me that we'll be able to get our old lions back.. maybe we'll get more of them! I'd love to see their storyline added upon..
How they're doing after years..
And I want to know if anyone else feels the same.

Extra:
I highly recommend checking out Lex#56485 and their own forum discussing their problems with this event in greater detail.
They make a lot of good points imo.

https://www.lioden.com/topic.php?id=304429431743

Please consider my idea and words, I'd really appreciate it <3