I don't see how there is "commonality" between Saburo coming back as head of Arasaka with Yorinobu dying (in Arasaka option) and Yorinobu remaining alive with Hanako dying (in other options)
He did help V remove it didn't he?
She knows her own limitations, there is nothing wrong with that and it's unrelated to knowledge about V's condition. There is also no need for a "human" factor when it comes to medicine, it's science and it's available to an AI. Johnny is not the brightest guy ever either
There are none because if V does indeed survive he can come back to haunt them for lying, they have more to lose by lying
Do you actually have any knowledge of his intentions or what the mission is? he is a manipulative person and is sending V on a suicide mission (to die) for all we know
They are not better equipped than Arasaka though, and if they indeed could help there is no reason we couldn't have gone to them directly instead of wasting time with Arasaka. Why didn't Panam mention them earlier instead of risking her own family's life?
I know you must feel like you're talking to a wall so wanted to chime in.
Yes - there are vast differences between the ending where V is dying. Who is running Arasaka and even time frames (days to weeks have passed in Nomad, three months has passed in assault in space, and indeterminate post surgery that to try and create an expansion centered on V - so many resources would be used voice-acting and graphically just to get the divergent paths to get to a point where Save V the Game Part Deux begins. From a company that just released an unfinished game. (or alternately, story expansions have nothing to do with V at all.. not what I want but what I expect)
And you are arguing with people who believe - they interpret a character saying "you will find happiness" and passage in illiad and interpreting that as "V will live" whereas some would see dying alone vs spending last 6 months of your life surrounded by family and loved ones as "happy". Man of Science vs. Man of Faith Argument. Who is Right - essentially a walking horoscope OR Every single other medical professional in the game saying youre going to die (Vic, Hellmann, Arasaka Drs), AND the AI that wrote the program that killed you and how to save whats left and store it. "Misty is always right" but not right in the way everyone things as she is reading the fates of the TWO people in habiting the body in front of her (sans visiting her before the heist). Whereas believe it or not Arasaka Dr's have every reason to want to know how to survive what is happening as nanites linked to an engram can EASILY be weaponized in cyberspace - as arasaka has been doing similar with netrunners - hitting them with soulkiller - so V is valuable medical research to them.
Mr. Blue Eyes - yes we should TOTALLY trust the guy who (Vic says not to and also has been 100% right in the game) AND was involved in (likely a rogue AI plot) to totally wipe and rewrite the memories of MANY innocent people and then control them as puppets - totally benign person we like should TOTALLY trust. Like destroying someone's identity and memories of good times and our closest friends and family is like you know, jaywalking level of behavior or something and not that big a deal. Totally benevolent figure who is out for our best interests (AFTER we possibly interfered with his plans with the next mayor). So totes BFF material.
These "maybe possibly" cure chances people cling so desperately to are the result of a bad game ending and people desperately not wanting every choice we make in the game to amount to "tough crud youre still dead/dying". No one wants to spend hours and hours in a Kobiyashi Maru when you know how it ends. But they are there to sweeten the blow for us. AS the game (sadly) wasn't V's story - everything we did outside of potential romance quests, was linear, essentially a single ending or meaningless double ending (phone call difference), and had no visible result upon our fate other than hints/wishes/clues to be divined. It is Johnny's story. It's why nearly any meaningful mission cannot be done before Johnny Arrives - can't get the real protagonists opinion. Why not fly to Arizona is the aladacadoes knew there is some mystical place there (and wouldn't they TELL you????) NO - as the protagonist needs another assault on THIER enemy - Arasaka.
Why on earth would they tack on all those pre-phone call "Whats everyone trying to say to V" things THAT THE PLAYER NEVER CHOSE. Assault tower alone but dont want to live in expensive apartment but look for cure instead or just retire - nope. Team with Nomads but decide to stay in NS, Let Johnny assault with Rogue but not take over a bar but go with aldecadoes... Zero choice. All we choose is the method of assaulting a building. Not what we do after. That ALL we chose - with whom to go on a possible suicide mission with. We never ever got to decide "what next".
As CP2077 is Johnny's Story. Not V. It's why they stopped referring to it as a RPG but instead of an action adventure game where we play the part of V.
Sadly, I expect expansion to be other's stories or pre-idiotic final mission stories. AS reconciling , from THIS COMPANY, would make any expansion very $$$ on the voice acting, and graphical work for cutscenes to try and merge all the possible paths into something that can continue "to find a cure for V". They said the story is complete. As CP77 is Johnny's Story - not V's. And I think they have failed miserably if this turns true.