I think it would be empathy. Not for us devs, no, never for the devs lol.
But for your fellow players. This is truly a world wide game with an enormous global audience, and with such a diverse playerbase, I promise you it's really quite rare for there to be unanimous sentiment on pretty much anything. Sure- all players can recognize a bug- but for anything subjective- preferences on perspective, map size, playstyle- let's just say there is an audience for everything.
Also keep in mind, you may be playing with a hardened 3000+ hour monster, or some curious new player that picked it up based on a recommendation, and our job is to provide a challenging environment for everyone to have fun.
We want to build a game with longevity (so far so good, we're almost at our 4 year anniversary), and that means making something that is fun for noobs and veterans alike.