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Their argument wasn't "We're sorry that you don't like the drop system, however, most players think it's great, so we are leaving it as is.". Their argument was "We think it's fine, so were leaving it as is.".

Yeah, VW... well, I think they're trying to overcome their previous mistakes, and failing until they come up with something that pleases everybody, like a points system. They just haven't gotten that far yet, and that's their fault. There's nothing saying they won't move to a point system like Assault in the next update, which would be awesome. Of course, there's also nothing saying they will. Most people who hate the current system were calling for drops to go to the treasure pool, which I feel is an even worse idea.

The one poll they posted was done in a way that angered almost English speaking person that read it.

I'm assuming you have stats on that? I don't remember whether it offended me so I guess it must not have. But hey, maybe they got so much negative feedback on the poll that they decided not to do polls anymore because they apparently don't "suit the player"

You can't do stuff like that, and then pretend that it never happened without pissing some people off, and them ignoring the input because it only represents a handful out of players out of hundreds of thousands is only a valid excuse if they actually attempt to ask the other players. Polls are insanely easy to make. Its pretty clear they don't take them because they don't really want to make the game in a way that suites the player.

No, that's not at all clear. And no, I'm not convinced they're "ignoring" anyone. This is what pisses me off about what you're saying. They heard you, and if they didn't hear you, they heard someone else that agrees with you. But they can't just drop everything and implement a new system that's perfect right from the get-go, they'll screw up badly and end up alienating even more players that way, especially due to the feedback of a vocal minority. "Suiting the player" is a dangerous game, and it's likely to backfire in many cases, depending on what the demands of "the player" (as evidenced by said minority) are. If they suited "the player" and changed it right away, we'd be back to a treasure pool system, which IMO would be horrible. And a points system would have to be plotted out carefully before being implemented so that people don't rage about it being unbalanced. (You're listening, SE, right? RIGHT?)

It should be fairly obvious to all parties involved that nerfing jobs instead of developing stronger content is a crappy idea.

Yeah, but I'm not convinced that's what they're doing yet, just that it looks that way. I'm willing to have faith that they have a plan for the new WSs that requires these nerfs. Call me crazy, but I do. I realize I'm probably in the minority here, though. And even if I'm wrong, I don't think it will take that long to fix it. Your mileage may vary, of course.

I don't need a degree in statistics to know what the outcome of a poll that says:

should we

A) make new zones, bosses, NMS, Gear and storylines geared towards level 99 characters? Or

B) make jobs weaker so that the stuff we already made is more difficult?

Well, no, not if you phrase the poll that way.

Call me arrogant if you want, but The people who voted for B are probably not the kind of people you want your monthly service income to rely on.

True, but if they have a bigger plan of which these are a part, then yeah, they don't want to derail it until the whole thing is done. Of course, if I'm wrong, then I'm wrong, and feel free to call me out on it. My point is that I feel it's premature to call it at this point. Obviously you don't, and that's fine, we can agree to disagree.