Quote Originally Posted by ovIm View Post
Food analogy.
Opinion discarded for using a food analogy.

Quote Originally Posted by CKNovel View Post
I don't think so. A lot of time there's changes that makes players goes "who asked??"
Kaiten being removed, Dark Arts being completely removed, MCH micro-management of turret completely gone...

Noxious gash is another example. Based on them that debuff was too stressfull to maintain.
But instead of making it less stressfull they straight up removed it.

That's why I'm not convinced by player feedback being the cause of bad changes.
PLD being able to block magic, the Living Dead rework, merge of Shoha and Shoha II, buff that grants a free use instead of 50 gauges... All of those are community feedback.
Dark arts removal was because players complained about dark arts
SB DRK was basically fine, the only issue being weaves with dark arts, but people whined
the other changes are small QoL things, not full on reworks.
MCH turret change was part of their rework which was also a result of players whining
Noxious gash removal? Also player whining.
Except this time, the devs are putting their foot down after the change with a "You complained, we fixed, so deal with it."
Look no further than at any job in this game that has not had a major rework done to it since it released. Notice anything? (most) of them are still fun to play.
Is player feedback essential? Yes. But sometimes you should know when to not listen to them, and that's when their feedback impedes your vision.