Originally Posted by
A Chozo
Oh c'mon don't make us explain that "correlation doesn't imply causation" again, it's tiring.
Anima was calculated to keep you playing for the whole of 9.0, maybe 9.1, and for the more casuals, the whole expansion. It also exists as an investment of time and effort into a given Covenant, putting value in their choice and making each player less inclined to keep changing Covenants.
It was all done to please the requests for more meaningful choices in the RPG, and it's working.