For me personally the more alarming part of that AMA is about the Road to the Elite mode. The guy said the mode lasts one calendar year in-game which is fine, but he found it to get repetitive and boring within 2-3 months.
He used MJF in the mode and claimed that winning a title meant nothing in terms of the stories he was presented. His title win wasn't ever acknowledged again. At one point he was in an angle with Dark Order (even though Brodie Lee and John Silver are the only members in the game) and he was asked if he wanted to join. He said no and yet the next week the story continued as if he said yes.
To me, this signals that the branching elements are bunk, and that the game might just force you into a linear path no matter what. This guy hasn't done a second playthrough as someone else, so maybe you're given other choices or things change if you lose certain matches.
But if it really is the same shit every time you play the mode then that kills replayability dead.
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