"sounds a bit like you make your personal preference" - it's just an information about how I feel about the panel.. I'm a programmer and designer, I kinda solve this stuff on daily basis.. this panel, I'm not used to it and I find that bottom part very unused.. I expected to press "H" to hide it, but it doesn't work as I expected, so I just let you know what I think about that panel, but decision is on you, not me and if you like it, I can't change your mind and I'm well aware about that, so I would never even tried..
I know about skipping text, but you missunderstood me.. I wanna read and understand the story and I even like it so far, just don't wanna read a book, but rather less text if possible.. I really love your work, not just because the scenes, I very admire you work on dirty words and your skill to unfold the story.. I even laughed on some reference on the old games of yours (imaginary wolfs) :) It just.. I understand things very quickly.. when someone says something, I need like half of a sentence to understand where he/she is aiming with that, so when I read something and it's like 3-4 sentence about the same thing, I'm little bit annoyed by that.. like if I was dumb or something and I need to be explained things 3-4 times to actually understand that.. that's why I would much appreciated to get a brief option, but I'm not demanding or anything.. it's just an information, if it's possible, then I would appreciate it, that's all..
"you seem to try to fish in the dark here" - no, that's not it.. I'm really interested what is going on with MANTIS and when will next update came out, but it seems logical to assume, when people deciding what they want, they always want something new.. seeing the new stuff, it's hard to believe, that someone would put MANTIS over Blackmore.. if you have a plans to continue on MANTIS, then pls throw me a bone, I'm really interested ..
and pls, I'm not a simpleton and I'm not hateful person, I'm pretty civilized.. I really appreciate what you're doing and I really love your work.. I will read a book, if you decided to continue in this pace, I will be annoyed, but I will not quit and I'm not gonna mention it again..