Quote Originally Posted by Nyarlha View Post
The SMN rework is, by their own admission, because they felt they were at a dead end with the job due to how egis worked. People have been claiming for the job to be more focused on Summons since the HW DoT mage iteration. If they were truly making changes based on people "wanting flashier Summons" they would have done it way earlier. To them, this rework was necessary either way, complaints or not.
Whether it was necessary or not, the direction they chose to go in was influenced by fan request. "Since a realm reborn, a lot of people were saying 'this is not a Summoner, this is just a DoT placer.' So we removed it."

Here's the thing. Your argument that there is no point in people expressing their frustrations because devs gonna do what devs gonna do hinges on the logic that the devs don't listen. It doesn't matter if my line about flashier summons is in error or not, whether they needed to change the class or not, whether they are using metrics or not. If the Devs can be proven to listen to the fans giving their opinions, then there is merit in giving those opinions, whether you like them or not.