it is not that our ideas get through unchanged, but that the game improves!
i proposed a game improvement that got down voted
but Admin chatted a bit with me about the idea behind it and came with an different proposal. (which was also down voted.) my point is, Admin acts upon game improvements, but with the game in mind, not a group of players (pirates, bankers, traders, ...)
admin stops suggestions in areas they don't want development (see the last 2 about banks)
and from time to time gives areas they are interested in.
just look at the approved list. and consider the time it cost to implement all!
the alternative is heaps of advertisements or subscriptions to pay for a large development team.
i rather have the game free of those things