I think the issue is that there’s no single view of what tender loving care of the game means. It means different things to different people and especially to CCP.
If you look at scarcity for example, it’s been absolutely rubbished by the community as some of the worst changes in years, yet from CCP’s perspective, it’s completely based on ensuring the long term health of the economy; and part of ensuring the game continues for years.
However, I don’t think too many people would disagree with the view that there seems to be a lack of true vision for the game currently. It just seems like a period of overall stasis, with no big new ideas.
Hopefully the next executive producer will have some revolutionary ideas, or CCP will gain some vision again at the executive level.