We also wanted vendors, and they listened.
Added multiple tiers of grindy upgrades too, with severe gear disparity.
It is a parlor trick, Monkey’s paw.
Sure it looks like they listen to the community but then just use a small portion of it to build on planned systems which benefit current financial goals.
Time gating, Potential Gold Sinks are all very blatantly obvious this past patch/expansion.
And then we blame each other.
Players asked for it! But did we.