Do you really think that little of your player base?

[FrankReynolds]

I just want to point out that if we already "know" the equations to everthing, why are you asking SE for them? To me it sounds like you are missing data and have incomplete information. As for getting detailed responses about adjustments, maybe we should be happy that they do communicate to us in this format. SE is not obligated to do this, and just telling us every detail about the game opens up the doors to their trade secerts about their own product. Maybe, just maybe, we were meant to explore this game and find things out for ourselves. Such a weird idea right?

We have figured things out on our own. I think the motivation for this post is that we already know the ramifications of the changes proposed by the users of this site and we know the responses from the Devs are BS.

When we ask them to explain, we do so because we know the real reason is not what was given. We are more or less calling their bluff.

Of course SE has no obligation to tell us anything. However, being as there is a monthly recurring charge for the service, it would behoove them to respond honestly, clearly and with more frequency to their paying customers rather than blowing smoke up our collective bungs.

Both sides benefit from honest well thought out discussion. We end up either getting what we actually want, or at least knowing that there is a reason that they are not providing it. When they just say "Balance", we are left feeling like they just don't care what we think about it. If I as a programmer told a customer "Well, I thought about what you suggested and decided not to do it.", they would think I either didn't know how to do it, or I was just lazy (or worse, that I thought they were too stupid to understand the reasoning). If I say "we cannot do it that way because it does not meet hippa compliance standards and would put you and your customers at risk.", then they understand the reasoning and can decide for themselves if they should pursue the desired feature further, or accept that it is beyond the scope of their budget / needs / resources and move on.

Vague answers just create distrust and misunderstanding. They leave people to come to their own conclusions which often leaves them feeling negativity towards the company.