Despite its flaws, i like this game a lot

[trinta]

But these people who tried it and don't like it so they don't play it... how can they give an accurate view on how the game should be fixed if they don't know whats going on inside the game? There are people on the forums saying they haven't played in months (sometimes 5+ months) and SE should fix 'X', 'Y' and 'Z'... then they find out "oh by the way this thread doesn't help because x and y have been fixed, z is being worked on now".

I think you're making some pretty large assumptions there.

I continually check the Lodestone and these forums, keeping tabs on producer letters, patch notes, and the bits of gossip that make their way here with regard to the direction the game is taking and, moreover, WHEN.

When a patch that looks worthwhile comes out, I log into the game to see it. Sometimes, I get back into the groove of playing... for a few days, until all of the problems get to be too much again.

Just because I haven't really played in three months doesn't mean I don't know what's going on. I admit that I didn't bother to check the new targeting modes out. I read the description, laughed. I read the next patch's description, laughed some more. It still isn't what it should be, it still isn't the standard of every MMO I've seen, which is that one key (usually Tab) cycles through enemies, and another (often Ctrl+Tab) cycles through friendlies. Why is SE attempting to reinvent the wheel on this? Months later, they're still not coming up with anything that's even round.

Okay, so the targeting thing got a bit rant-y, but it's just one example of many where I don't actually have to log in to play to know it's still not fixed.