You are 100% correct that ultimatly the majority of our grievances should be directed at the ATA overlords and not the team as a whole. A lot of them are just worker bee's genuinely investing in a game they put lots of work and love into while having to balance the demands from higher up the chain.
Unfortunatly we don't have the names and emails of the overlords for us to send our thoughts directly. I can only address ATA as the entity for my displeasure. (Slide me those deets and I promise a novel of a strongly worded email for your overlords

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And as pissed as I am at a whole lot of things that have been happening in this game, including the feedback that gets disregarded constantly and the obvious cash grabs all around, myself and others are clearly advocating because we too have love for this game as a space to be, and want it to be the best version of itself.
I heard rumor a while ago that ATA got bought out a few years back. I have no information to point to to back up those rumors, but I constantly wonder on the timeline of that (if it has any validity) in comparison to the timeline of how this game has slid to ignoring the voice of its playerbase and focusing on revenue and profits instead.