I proposed this- http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/94274
Which was for the longest time how I modeled feedback. But then a new thought came to be.
There are two majorities of people on the forums:
Type A- Forum veterans
The knights I described seeing above in the link, the forumers that have actively been here for approximately 2 years 35 weeks.
Type B- Effected players
The knights that are directly effected by whichever grievance the game has posed upon them.
Most recently, we saw several threads of dismay regarding the winterfest addition. The issue was that it wasn't designed for them, but that they still wanted something new. Now, they have the event from last year, but that isn't new and they felt prejudiced against.
The older players that have been saddened by the sudden lack of difficulty following the introduction to battle sprites were in for a real treat- but the 3/4* players that were still making their first gear felt they could not compete in the wild world of fighting every single monster with respawning rocket puppies and grievers and trojans and satan himself rising up to stop them in battlepod form.
Was it a smart move for OOO? Absolutely. They just made the game candidate for extension by making the play-time through the game shorter for those joining in via battle sprites, and the end-game players would be disappointed in them had they not done something difficult. This is in all likelihood just a taste of things to come.
But that isn't what this thread is about- take energy for example. The "whiny forumers" were not usually the older forumers (though it often is due to the fact that they legitimately care about the game), but the Type B "effected players" from in game. They got onto the forums to complain about the energy system, and were often berated by the forumers they found existing on the forums.
Its the same for sun shards and fire crystals- sun shards drew in every single vocal bomber/hybrid that loved them. Fire crystals bring every single vocal 4.5* knight to the forums to ponder why they cannot have the same gear as the existing T4 knights.
The forum veterans are often not level-headed about these kinds of things but tend to be more like what my other thread, which I posted above, suggests.
The problem with the majority is that they don't know how to wrap around their ideas.
Oh, everyone want pets? See all the pet threads that never really build a solid foundation.
Oh, everyone complains about the energy system. Let's remove the whole system!
Complain about the game not being difficult? Here's a difficult mission! Heck, we still have Danger missions that everyone blissfully ignored.
I for one support Fehzy's opinion. This is curious-mewkat speaking.