I hadn't tracked down the books at the time of the SSA. When I did, I was like "WTF is this? That ain't the guy who marched himself halfway across the world chasing a rumor of an all artifact to keep himself from dying?" Even if he was completely distraught at the time, he still wouldn't meet death with a smile. I've got some likewise aggravation with Sis P's death (especially since it wasn't really needed and it's not like Numina hadn't resurrected the dead before).
I guess I wasn't as alone in those ideas as I thought. If when S.C.o.R.E. unveils the emulator, we end up with a way to make new arcs, I'm going to join in the string of people making ones to bring them back. (And I have an idea for a different one that coincidentally gets Penny Yen a new outfit and makes her back in line with her original presentation. Plus few other ideas Phaetan and I have been bouncing back and forth. Darn it, hurry up with that emulator >.< )
Plus, I have to confess that it was deeply amusing to me to see the line up of NCSoft's "game mascots": doe-eyed girl, doe-eyed girl, doe-eyed elf girl... *blam* testosterone!