Yeah, this type of argument is pretty much what I wanted to avoid. Don't get me wrong, I know nothing beyond the very basics of coding myself, and maybe this type of function absolutely would be more complicated than other things on the site for reasons that haven't occurred to me. But if you have to proof-of-concept the code yourself in order to suggest anything, they'd require resumes. And what staff 'should' focus on varies in every single player's individual opinion. All we can do is offer them ancedata points.

(My post was inspired by a suggestion thread on letting ancients wear emperor's new clothes specifically - just as a joke - and checking that thread again, there is indeed a post with the exact slippery-slope pearl-clutching I mentioned. Oh no! If the coding is put in place, people might suggest it be used for other things! Horrors!)

https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/sug/3255704/1
https://web.archive.org/web/20230718053907/https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/sug/3255704