I wouldn't put my hopes in the fanbase of GI, expecially the ones that come from reddit and twitter.
Last time I check they were doing a drama over the voice actor(dunno from, but don't care) and surprise surprise, another color of skin.
Yea you're 100% right on this.
I'm very critical of GI because I care deeply for it. But I only complain about game mechanics, character kit, damage scales and world building(plataforming, puzzles, etc). Lol I couldn't give a damn if they give prizes for anniversary, I rather prefer events and more fun stuff(like mini-games, you know the chill stuff). Nowadays I don't care much about the story details...used to be good so nowadays I just complete and get over it. All this drama and how Miyoho handles it simply made me forget about giving them feedback. As you guys know, I was the official Xynian bug reporter and after dozens of dozens of feedbacks in vain, I rather keep the suggestions, criticisms and bug reporting for myself or just post here in the forum so it could be used by you guys.
Yea I think people are all complaining about different things. I've been busy working today so I haven't had a chance to keep up on the latest outrages. From what I'm seeing, most people are whining about the "No new hard content" bit, which I don't personally care about, but I'm sure others do. The fact that they're not planning on balancing any underperforming characters or even adding the rest of the reactions for Dendro is the part that annoys me. Also the resin thing. The whole interview basically says "we ain't changin' shit, deal with it". I do believe that sometimes you should ignore the playerbase, but probably not in a long term live service game that can easily change. I do think that if you're trying to keep it casual and keep people building characters they don't really need, the least you could do is level the playing field a bit with some character buffs or something.
A while ago I read an idea I really liked. When the inevitable level 100 cap gets released, give all characters a new ascension passive to address their weaknesses. This is something in line with what everybody wants. Give Amber a healing component or buff her baron bunny, Make all of Xinyan's skills scale off of DEF and give her Imbue, lengthen Sara's buff to 12 seconds OR give the CDMG buff to any element. Things like that, that could be easily implemented and make a world of difference if they really just want us using our favorites and not worrying about meta.
I've mentioned before, I hate being forced into specific team comps to properly use characters. I like trying new things and finding something that works. I don't like repeating characters in multiple team comps if I can help it. All of these things for me are getting worse with these specific use characters, and the fact that it's bleeding into 5*s now really sucks.