We all get it. You don't like jumping. Let's discuss something else worthwhile now.

[NoctisUmbra]

If you're suggesting that Yoshi doesn't listen to player demand and he only does things that he wants to do (most notably jumping and AH), you're being naive.

I never suggested that he doesn't listen to player demand. I even explicitly said that he considers player feedback when making decisions, but ultimately it is never a primary driving factor for any major game mechanic - and shouldn't be.

Player feedback has a greater impact on decisions that involve things like events and/or opinionated/sensitive topics like same-sex marriage. For things like that, listening to the playerbase is of paramount importance.

When it comes to game mechanics and design, then taking the playerbase seriously is of the least significance. It is impossible to tailor the game to any playerbase - it's just a loud noise of clashing opinions. His standards for all such decisions take into consideration much more important factors like "Final Fantasy feel" and "MMO standards".

[Ceravic]

Of course he "listens", but let's be real for a moment. He still has the final say and the man is probably a more experienced mmo player than most posters here. If he "listened" to the average poster here (based on Likes), we wouldn't have the free-for-all claim system, inn homepoints, instanced dungeons, jumping, and other non-FFXI features. Far too many people here wanted this mmo to take a step back in time instead of progress into the modern world. Frankly he does what he's gonna do. His plan is laid out months in advance and if we think that our word carries a ton of weight, we're fooling ourselves. The player polls effect his decisions but passed that, less than 1% of crap posted here makes any difference.

This times infinity.

[ShinigamiKayla]

>.> I still don't know why people are crying about jumping I freaking love it so everyone else can just suck it...

[PotatoSalad]

>.> I still don't know why people are crying about jumping I freaking love it so everyone else can just suck it...

Suck it, slurp it, swallow it! *high five*

[syntaxlies]

you know whats better then jump, running and getting stuck on a pebble.