Dear Yoshi P: What is your vision?

[Konachibi]

I see your point.
But others can do the same thing you claim FFXIV has the opportunity to do via expansion packs
Further all games beta test and many make significant changes based on player responses in beta tests (SW TOR for example cancelled this weeks beta because they have so much to do based on previous ones)
Unlike this game who beta tested and then literally released exactly what we had in beta (which surprised almost everyone)

And there is no way for Yoshi to see what people like and don't like without statistically accurate player polls and those are nearly impossible.

Actually to discover what people do and don't like, Yoshi added forums that community reps looked through to see what people are praising about the game and what people are raging about in the game. Forums are an excellent way to see what kind of player-base your game has and what they like about the game, even if it does get a lot of flamers and trolls.

This in turn helps them decide on what kind of content to add to the game sooner rather than later, to make everyone happy.