I wouldn't call someone who can't spell and glorifies his bot an "elite" of anything. Nor would I call myself an elite though. I picked up Dancer specifically to avoid the whole Level 75 Endgame trap. All the job really needed at 75 was a few pieces from Dynamis. I don't dislike noobs. I don't dislike casuals. I dislike idiots. Unfortunately, there are plenty of idiots.

Now that everything is obtainable with a little skill and (sometimes quite a bit of) time, I'm doing fairly well for myself. Pushing the focus off the HNM system is one of the best things this game has ever done, and it's a rare bird who disagrees with that statement regardless of what group you're talking to. In general, I like the direction they have taken the game.

That said, I agree that they're taking the game whatever direction they want without much respect for the substantial quantities of player input they receive. Do I blame them? Not really. The effort SE would have to spend sorting out well-measured and thought out suggestions from the suggestions of idiots is substantial. Then, in our case, the effort they would have to spend translating our suggestions would be substantial. If you guys think they yield to JP suggestions much more than NA suggestions, you'd be wrong. The JPs were just as "wat? where did this come from." about the job FAQs when they came out and blamed us for it the same way we blamed them.

There are two types of things that actually get addressed:
* Bug Reports
* Localization Reports
Everything else is just SE's translated responses that they drop on to whatever thread fits the best. That's fine, I guess, but it means that people waste a lot of time and effort blowing smoke at each other proposing intricate ideas that will never be read, considered, or implemented.