Cartoony style graphics....

[KiriA500]

Thats a myth you are propagating, a myth or a fallacy. Either way stop propagating it.

You can tell them how you want them to make it. Just like in commissioned art you ask for something particular. They dont have to listen to you of course, but just because something is art doesnt mean they are exempt from hearing feedback.

And as a matter of fact SE has asked us for our opinion.

Yes, and the phrase "too many cooks spoil the broth" comes to mind. Every single person here has a different vision of what would make Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn into the perfect game, but every single one of those ideas will contradict the idea of someone else, therefore, our opinion is useless.

Our feedback, on the other hand, is a little more helpful. If Square-Enix is like "Oh, check out this new thing we're making!" and everybody unanimously hates it, they'll be like "Nevermind!" We can provide helpful information to better finalize what they want in the game.

[Shougun]

Yes, and the phrase "too many cooks spoil the broth" comes to mind.

Yes we do lol.

I hope that they have paid someone to read and summarize forum activity (a lot of companies do this) - I know they read Japanese side personally but obviously they need help to translate other languages (and this adds extra cooks as the ideas could easily be scewed if the translators have a personal agenda/opinion of the game).

So yeah.. we have a lot of communication interference.