And yet they actually state in promo videos and interviews that they listen to the players.

Also players have a different perspective from developers.

Jervis Jonson the famous Games Workshop game developer who created the award winning boardgame bloodbowl has never won a game against a player. He admitted himself is because players tend to disect stuff in order to win, while developers can't seperate themselves from the big picture.

Both perspectives are required to produce a balanced, fun game. Developers ignore player input at thier peril.

How would letting us give our feedback on proposed changes be any kind of an issue at all? People are going to ***** and complain either way, at least this way there might be a little bit of usefulness to it, since CCP has a habit of overlooking very simple things that many of us could / do notice right away.

It's ok, I literally cannot take this game seriously anymore, it's actually bad for my health.

I think as well illuminating any future developments, a wee list of even potential changes will clear away some of the stagnation players are feeling, real or imagined.

It can't hurt.

Any progress is better than no progress.

The Dust Devs should definately take a leaf out of the eve dev play book and start forum threads based on potential changes. (in ref to CCP Rise, ship balancing threads).