Something that troubles me

[eelectriccure]

Yes like Wazakesy stated this was Ravagerx average of recipes. Much of the luck is actually plat based, while a slight bit is non-plat based. For example, many players who have spent thousands and thousands of $$$ have better "luck" than those who spent none. There's then players like Kalizzaa who have done 1k+ runs and have looted only epics, because they dont spent a ton on the game. As for non-plat based luck, there's a player who looted fossil from doing plat offers, and another who looted shard by buying $100 worth of plats. The luck percentages for people in the game are different. The more money you spend, the more your luck rises.

This is completely obsurd. I personally have spent thousands of dollars on this game and still have yet to loot a single recipe. Given: I havent spent nearly what Ravager has, however where do you draw the line?
When the planar pendant was released i spent all of my time in arena running hundreds of times, eventually i gave up trying. Now I'm back to running arena for fun and to help friends and I get exactly what I ran for each time (a good time with friends).

And as to devs listening to players I feel it has a large majority to do with good ideas from experienced seasoned players. Also the majority of the community being in agreeance plays a large part (assuming what we ask for is a reasonable demand*).

And please understand that it isn't only the rich who comment on forums. Very few of my guild is "rich" and we remain extremely active on the forums.

*Keep in mind that STS is a business