Quote Originally Posted by Aravell View Post
And you're suggesting that the older players should be completely stomped on and cast to the side just to attract new players to the job? I can't agree with that at all, that kind of mentality of "metrics above all" disturbs me in turn. Agree to disagree.

Also, you are heavily misrepresenting my point. I never said the old players should be more important than the new players, I said they should be considered when a job is to be changed. Also, your mentality of metrics above everything puts new players above the older players, which goes against your very principles, unless you're fine with older players being placed last in priority, just not new players.
We're going to go round in circles here, so I won't answer everything (everyone is entitled to their own opinion here, after all, and even if I don't agree with you I can see where you're coming from) but just to finish on one point: on certain aspects, I do feel that "old" players should not be listened to. There are plenty of examples in the history of MMORPGs where listening to players has been a bloody disaster.