Why did they even ship the unfinished ascension rework?

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Cybernetic has indeed a pop assembly comparable to synth ascension (hence my "mid-pop assembly" comment), it is really good at trade builds, and it is fast to get going (without any special origin, even!).

Problem is that the whole cybernetic ascension idea of robot traits building upon your natural advantages so you get the benefits of both and double down on specialization (which is a great concept) doesn't mesh well with the current pop trait editing system.

Make it able to add and remove robot traits, and consider them their own category, completely independent from bio traits. Until that happens, the promise of specialized pops doubling down on their "natural" advantages will remain poorly implemented (and crucible worlds and cyber roboticists need a buff too, but those are minor things compared to this issue, which lies at the core of the cybernetic ascension concept).