Supplying Supers Feedback Request/Thoughts (Patreon)

Hey folks. I've been getting a lot of negative feedback from RR most recently and want to see if the sentiment was shared here.

The major complaint seems to be the deviation from what people assumed this story was going to be: a cold, calculating manipulator Main Character who worked more from the shadows. While this is part of who Gunner is, however, he was always planned to be an OP super. He was always planned to be Omen.

I think where I may have failed was implementing him sooner than initially planned. Feedback I'd received in one of my original works was that the MC was too passive and not active enough. When they start investigating the cults, I decided to make Gunner part of the teams to take a more active role. This may have been a bad call. So I'm considering a substantial rewrite if the sentiment is widespread. So here are my options:

Option 1: Keep the story as is. Nothing would really change outside of some minor tweaks for the final release.

Option 2: Pull Gunner back to save until the end. I'd change several of the POVs to be part of Gunner's team members. The assault on the cultists would be Flux, Velocity and MartyrDOM, while Gunner monitors things from the car. It would be from Velocity's point of view. Gunner would come in once the site was secured and close the cube. Berserker's battle would be between him and Blast Wave instead. The explosion at the end would be Gunner saving Blast Wave and killing Berserker as Omen. A one hit KO exemplifying Gunner/Omens power. The explosion would be less intense. Gunner would then instruct everyone to pull back. I would also do away with Gunner's angst about losing control with his power. The suit would work as is, but still dampens his stability, which Yokai will help with via the runes.

What this would ultimately lead too is Gunner/Omen being displayed as even more powerful and push the failures to his team rather than his own. This could lead to a better narrative and fit better with him as a character earlier on.

Anyway, keen to know your thoughts. I will have to make a decision swiftly as going with option 2 would require significant rewrites before the Amazon release. Thanks!