Are the developers of XIV out of touch?

[Dyvid]

Honestly you need both combat and non combat content because everyone enjoys something different. Housing is a great example of this because if nobody cared you wouldn't see all the housing post. Just because it's something you're not into doesn't mean it isn't part of the core game. They do have a WoW problem though where they just let older content age and die without every going back too it. Gold Saucer event is a good example because it hasn't change much since ARR. They never added new level that have flying or swimming nor added anything new. They did add it to DF but sadly too little too late.

As for the main question "Are the Devs out of touch?" Yes and no. I think the devs are relaying too much on forums and hand picked question for feedback. They would be better off doing polls like in 1.0 for player feedback on future content. They also need to try something new with 5.0 like added Full party dungeons to change things up. For the life of me I just don't understand why they split up level 70 dungeons into two categories if they are just both level 70.