"It's always like that" -- that doesn't mean it's good or that we should settle for it. It just means developers favour lazy writing rather than good story-telling.
If anyone is interested in a term for this phenomenon, by the way; I believe it falls under
ludo-narrative dissonance.
Thank god, some sense.
People, I already addressed the possibility that Gale could be lying (or just be wrong) in the very opening post of this thread. That would (disappointingly) resolve the issue, as long as the problem of the incongruence is addressed.
I also pointed in the very same opening post that I'm perfectly aware the issue is a recurring one in games like this, which in no way should also work as an implicit endorsement to keep doing it.
Also, I don't even want to hear any whine about the fact that "it's early access", because I don't think it's of any relevance. Pointing that as an excuse implies the optimist assumption that "this will surely be changed", a unfounded confidence I don't share to any degree.
In fact, I'm almost ready to take bets this will come all the way to the final game without ever being completely solved/addressed. Even AFTER the issue being pointed to the devs, let alone sitting meekly waiting for magical fixes.
