Quote Originally Posted by Colorful View Post
How is interesting abilities on gear a silly or stupid idea? They've been a staple of the RPG genre for who knows how long now, and are a more interesting way to spice up progression instead of flat stats boosts. It's also been one of the most requested features for a long time, so you can't throw out the "It takes time" thing. In fact, I'd say the majority of ideas they have listened to are "silly". Minions? I'd consider them to fit into the silly category. Now don't get me wrong, they have listened to a lot of the things we've requested, but there are a lot of highly requested ones that they've flat out ignored.
I didn't necessary mean every suggestion was silly or stupid. Even if 90% of them, if not more, are.

Here's the thing: It comes down to what the Devs want from the game. If the Devs don't want horizontal progression, why would they add anything to encourage it? I don't have to agree with it (and I don't) to accept it as their design choice and whining about it every single update isn't going to change it if it hasn't already.