You seem to have this all figured out, so you're the one I will ask: How small, and how dedicated? Could I get the devs to make changes to Dynamis if I had 12 people who agreed with me as long as they were dedicated enough? 24? 48? How many people would it require for me to make the changes to the game I want?
It took what...? 1000+ people refusing to update their payment method for over 2 months before SE decided to postpone the deadline? SE has an agenda. If player desires coincide with their agenda, it's more likely that desire will be granted. The further you are from that agenda, the more people you require. Even if 90% of players tell SE to make PUP 2000x stronger than any other job, they'll probably ignore the request thinking that we're all insane. But if 10% of players mention that people are cheating in Nyzul, they'll probably spend resources attempting to stop that (because it coincides with their goals for the game).
Now, what % of players do you think oppose absentee players getting banned? And how strongly do you think SE opposes absentee play? And how easy do you think it is to determine if a person is afk when killing chigoes? Monitoring Grauberg seems like a slam dunk for the STF and GMs to me.