It's your own fault for gamers leaving the game

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Not entirely related, but I made a post in a different thread closely related to this.

Here is a quote from the post, but it is a bit longer

@Heavy

Community feedback is valuable but should not always be implemented.
I would argue that the community as a collective does not know what’s “best” for the game.

I prefer a clear and concise idea, especially regarding design philosophy and vision for the future.

Not every suggestion made by the community will be a net positive for the game, only for some portion of the community.

I think a dev having a strong vision about what they want their game to be is a good thing.
I can’t speak for EQ specifically but I tend to not enjoy when games implement every community request possible and people labeling it as “Quality of Life”, while in reality they just want to have access to stuff easy, fast and without much roadblocks.

The term “Quality of Life” is something that I despise, because people stretch that term so much these days.

I think certain types of “friction” is a good thing for a game, because it makes the successful moments much more meaningful.