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.