Quote Originally Posted by Mochamonarch View Post
There's no need. A multimilion dollar brand doesn't need our sheckles to get the lead out of their pants and make content for their game. They get enough money from us as is in sub money, and the optional cash shop item purchases can be viewed as donations if you do enough mental gymnastics. SE doesn't need our help, posting on the forums is enough. They don't need assistance from consumers to make their content for them, they need to know that people want them to do it in the first place.

Remember: SE is not a lone indie dev pulling all nighters working on their passion project, they are a very wealthy brand and are not our friends.
Although I agree with the thrust of your argument, i.e. that they should not require anything more than the sub the game is already attracting (not to mention the cash shop income), I don't think taking it to that extent is necessary. After all, their developers are very committed, to the point that they put in extra work to try alleviate the situation with the Hrothgar and Viera headgear somewhat.