Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
Shouldn't they be looking at the foundation of the game's combat anyways, rather than just neglecting its increasing shallowness in favor of complacency or asking players just to be likewise complacent and greedily swallow button bloat for its mere illusion of depth?
I don't know. Should they? The trend SE is looking at right now is how average subs are going through the roof with each expansion. They're seeing massive success and clearly customer churn remains within acceptable values. The risk of shaking that foundation might be greater than the reward, which is probably the answer to why a lot of requested QoL are ignored or put on the near permanent "please look forward to it" list.

I'm not much of a fan either, but I've seen it suggested and can believe that while this game is a cash cow for SE, its history has the execs and the devs scared to take any big chances for better or for worse.