Suggestion: Vote for what features we get.
Someone made a poll a few days ago.
Anyway, dont’ mean Anet actually follows polls. They most likely use their own metrics to determine what content to ad.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/NEW-SUGGESTION-SYSTEM/first#post4408904
You even posted in that thread.
I suggest the hard work tactics: keep lists of wished features, rate them based on design and implementation difficulty, clearly explain how to implement them, find help from people who knows how to explain, etc.
GNU/Linux community is not any better: e.g., GNU image manipulation program got re-adjustable rectangular selection 10 years after I wished for it. I detailed examples why the current system failed badly to do the work. (I implemented it to my own program but could not to G Img Man Prog.) (I get baby cats when I type the program’s true name
I expect it would be like the monkey’s paw. We’d ask for something and get some twisted version of it that’s true to the letter but a betrayal of the spirit.
“We don’t want to grind for max stat gear”
“Done! Now it’s only available in the gem store”