Do players still have a voice in the direction of development for FFXIV?

[ArcheustheWise]

he changes were considered by players at large to be good, hence so many playing.

Oh please don't be absurd lol. The only reason FFXIV did so well is because at the time there was a huge influx of WoW players leaving WoW due to being bored. Don't believe me? Go look at WoW numbers right before ff re-release? FFXIV just happened to be in the right place in the right time considering there wasn't much else out there. People flocked to it like moth to a flame. But i will tell you... ask SE to publish their active numbers NOW and ill guarantee you'll see a different picture. And that will change drastically when ESO and Wildstar come out.

While ill say that the trip 1-50 with the story line was awesome, the rest has just become a complete utter grind (the highest with lockouts). And people are starting to wake up to that fact (aka the honeymoon effect is wearing off). The others and simply having fun because they are with friends.

Hey, im just sayin. I want this game to do good too, but lets not kid ourselves hmm?