This is based of the whiny replies of people that seem to think that their topic should be looked at and responded to by the devs more than anything else. I cannot stand the amount of peeps who get up in here and just gripe all day long. I usually only drop in to check out the dev tracker and see what they have to say, but I'll admit, I sometimes get sidetracked by topics that sound interesting...and boy does that ruin my FFXI mood.

<Herp.durr said>: OMGURD, SE DUSN'T LISTIN TO ME! DEY SUCK! I CAN'T BULIEVE I PAY A MUNTHLY FEE FUR A GAME DEY MADE BUT I DUN'T LIKE ALL OF DER DESCISSIONS!

So perhaps in the next update to the forums you could add some sort of tag that shows that devs have read that thread, and that a response is pending.

It's kind of sad that the worst problem in this realm is all the griping up in hurrrrr.