Quote Originally Posted by Raksha View Post
If i'm paying them for a service, yes.
You aren't paying them to buff Summoner. You are paying for the ability to play the game that Square Enix and Hiroshimi Tanaka designed. What changes when you stop paying? You are no longer able to play the game. If you feel that the service that accompanies a product is subpar, that's your own business. But your payment is for the product.

Now let me be clear, of course the proceeds from FFXI go towards funding the development, community, and GM teams (And they are awesome!). However, they are absolutely not obligated to provide you anything other than the service you are paying for: FFXI. Community reps aren't required to talk. Developers aren't required to update anything. And GMs are not required to say anything more than "That's working as intended" if your call is anything short of "Help, I'm stuck inside a wall".

Now, is that the case right now? Obviously not. The Community reps are a lot of fun, and post a whole lot on these forums. It's obvious that there are very strict limitations on what they can/can't talk about, which likely affect where they choose to post. But quite a few times, No answer is better than a "No" answer.

Can you imagine what would happen if Camate were to walk into one of Mellowy's threads and say "I'm sorry, but the Development team thinks buffing Spirits is flabbergastingly preposterous and would move Summoner into an even more hyper-ambiguous position in the job field and thus will not be making any adjustments to the Spirit system." ?

Words are silver, but Silence is golden.