Ok, so a few things.

PS3 limitations. When that's the straight argument why features/content are not getting done - you know it's holding back development. So there's the answer to everyone wondering about that.

Things "working fine as they are". Like I pointed out, something being used out of necessity - because that's the way it's been done, because there is no alternative, because it's "needed" one way or another in the game - is not equal to that something actually working fine. If it was fine, there would not be complaint threads about it which show up not only once but time and time again. It can be argued, sure, but the fact that it's argued about is a sign in itself that the given thing is not fine as it is.

Discussed and never going to change. Clipping: a game has a race fully available for character creation, yet most of the gear fails to actually accomodate to its basic body features - that's really ok? Might as well have boobs poking through every chest piece, what's the difference? RMT: already way too abundant, already way too intrusive, already nothing's being done about it (eg. limit /tells to friend list, decline friend request AND blacklist with one click), we might as well have the convenience of mailing stuff to our alts at least.

It's an MMO. Yeah, it should be social. Which would start at actually respecting first-timers, for example, in main scenario roulette, and not forcing them to skip in-gamecutscenes while at the same time expecting them to have watched all available 3rd party guides and know the fight blindfolded and backwards. Sadly, not the standard. Also, it is an MMO - and it is an RPG as well - which doesn't only mean being able to choose from tank/healer/DD.

People want things to do? How about helping others out? Teaming up with them to get them through the story/quests/dungeons, to help them gear up faster, to teach them fights or crafting or gathering or whatever else - y'know, being social in the process? Yes, that needs certain designing as well, maybe a few changes. Actually reward the "teachers" for their time and effort so it's worth it for them. (See low level roulette right now, for example.) Alternatively, dump in the harder modes for dungeons/raids/trials - it's been said that what we get in game are the toned down versions, so it shouldn't be too difficult to add in the "originals" as well, having more challenges for those who are into such. With proper rewards, of course, so that it's actually motivating (hint: NOT the relic "quests").

New content is fun, but more often than not it's relevant for a few months and then gets - no, not even old, just replaced. Exactly because of this pace of the dev team, which is actually probably quite punishing for them as well, since they are so few in numbers. The things I listed, however, are more general, more at the core of the game, meaning they'd be along for the long ride, as opposed to left behind and becoming obsolete.

And no, these are not my things - maybe one or two that I've seen brought up less than once, but all the rest is only a compilation of what I see showing up time and time again. These are things that the community apparently wants enough to have them pointed out / discussed / argued, pretty much on a constant basis. I know that what's on this forum is not the entire playerbase, but it's what we (I) can go by, at any rate. SE could initiate a player poll, but there's no guarantee everyone would do that, either. So the forums really are the best resources for now, even more so because they do have a specific feedback-atmosphere in general.

Far be it from me to belittle their work; nowhere have I said they don't work hard enough. In fact, even with all the hostility Yoshi and the team's been getting lately since the housing fiasco, I could never even be mad at them. I've been upset, perhaps disappointed, but I couldn't bring myself to diss them, I couldn't bring myself to hate on them, I couldn't bring myself to agree with people demanding their heads. Sure, I could leave the game - if I didn't like it. But I do, hence this quasi-desperation. You can't get emotional over something that you don't like, and I'm clearly emotional over this. Sure, anyone can leave at any given point. But indeed, if someone wants to leave, they do it quietly, they don't care to offer parting words, let alone any kind of feedback. It's not a solution to anything. It won't get your next raid more interesting, it won't get you have different options to dress your character in the next ilvl gear, it won't spark an idea to solve any specific issue at all. It'll only lead to SE noticing they're losing money on the game, which will be too late, and the next thing you know is that the game you've stuck with because you claim you like it is being shut down.

So no, I'm not ignoring their hard work. But yes, I am saying they need to reach deeper into their pockets. Take a little look back at how many times we've been told "it would be difficult" / "hardware limitations" / "infrastructure limitations" / "the team is very small". Hearing these so often, while at the same time seeing several sites reporting how much profit SE has been making? I'm not sure it's wrong to react with shouting "SPEND SOME DAMN MONEY" at the screen.

Again, just my 2 gil. But I like to think I'm making some sense at least.