I feel the devs are playing catchup most of the time and are trying to implement their vision for FFXIV in spite of a lot of negative reviews, I think your estimates are pretty close to the mark and I don't think we are able to influence them at this time. They will listen to us only when people make enough noise or leave. Square have already profited to the extreme from FFXIV they went from millions in the red to millions in the black according to their September financials, they have absolutely no reason to listen to us.