Why not have -Weekly- OFFICIAL dev polls?

[Mack]

I'd like to know if there's an actual game designer working on XIV and has some sort of vision for this game or are they just obeying to every request they can from the public who mostly want this game to be like any other MMO?

Not that I'm against polls but I sort of miss the days when each game director had full control over the project. Legends like Shinji Mikami, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Fumito Ueda, Hideki Kamiya and Hideo Kojima.


Why can't a massive company like SE hire one of the greats?

If Hideo Kojima directed this game we'd have an epic story at the very least and we can be sure to have quality gameplay...and considering his experience with MGS3 the Black Shroud might actually look like a forest!