Poll Results:

Plot Tone: Overwhelming majority of "other" answers were asking for a balanced tone. Game will pursue largely as I'd planned, with a mixture of lighthearted and serious points. Character deaths will be a real risk, but should not be an expected part of most fights. The second most popular option was dark, so it'll probably lean that way, but hopefully not suffocatingly so.

Game Balance: Most people were satisfied. The other concerns were with powercreep; I will try to keep this in mind, but part of this is a combination of people getting better at the system and a lack of gear exploiting more balanced stat builds instead of the specialists that seem to be somewhat more popular now.

Balance Methods: Most people were satisfied. Major complaints were a dislike of the modular system and about stuns and heals being anemic. I'll take this chance to explain why I won't do anything about any of these, at least right now:
-Modularity makes it much easier for me to process new sheets and is a lot less of a pain when comparing characters overall. The previous game had a lot of "if X has Y, why can't I have Y" which I'm set on avoiding.
-Stuns are incredibly powerful status effects, particularly in smaller encounters. They have deliberately low activation chances due to sheer power.
-Heals stall the game and excessive heal scaling has a story effect in cutting the tension of combat. Additionally, no one has made a dedicated heal build thus far; our supports have focused more on buffing and debuffing.

Loot: Most people would like a mix of crafting, but there was a bias toward wanting premade loot. A concern was also raised about "something from nothing" operations: these will likely be cut back on as they also create more work for the GM.

Favorite Character results still being parsed...
Alexandria: 8 points
Aurora: 5 points
Don Johnson (Damnit Emp): 3 points
Edmond: 14 points
Eon: 6 points
Gary: 3 points
Halley: 3 points
Hikari: 4 points
Ignacio (cmon he isn't even in this game): 2 points
Isobel and LOTUS: 10 points
Izumi: 3 points
Jade: 3 points
Leon: 2 points
Lexiel: 8 points
Magna: 1 point
Mar: 6 points
Marisa: 5 points
Mitsurugi: 6 points
Ritsu: 2 points
Tesla: 2 points
Theodore: 2 points
Wyvis: 2 points
Visrii: 2 points