Okay, It's Two-Way Communication Time

[Theodric]

Let's keep it constructive.

I believe that the development team mean well. PvP obviously isn't their highest priority - nor should it be - and there are a lot of issues with it that should have been tackled by now that have yet to be properly addressed. With that said, though, this is a Japanese game. Which means that any feedback given will have to be translated into Japanese and handed to the development team. We can only speculate but it's possible there's issues with translating feedback and that messages given/received lack the nuance they had originally. I believe the community team in charge of browsing the forums is also rather small and very, very strained. It's not just the PvP board that feels neglected.

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

Let's keep it constructive.

I believe that the development team mean well. PvP obviously isn't their highest priority - nor should it be

Let me stop you right there.

This type of thinking needs to stop. PvP is part of this game, and has been for a long time. There is no reason it shouldn't hold as much importance as anything else, lest they literally be admitting that PvP isn't considered important, which would be a huge step back with a community that is already all-too-often at odds with SE, or outright upset and disappointed. PvP is every bit a part of engame, and now part of the leveling experience. It, and the player community that has formed around it, deserves proper support and active community representation. And more than just contrived streams every so often. . .

[Gravton]

I believe that the development team mean well. PvP obviously isn't their highest priority - nor should it be - and there are a lot of issues with it that should have been tackled by now that have yet to be properly addressed. With that said, though, this is a Japanese game.

E-sports (and pvp) is hugely popular on the Asian continent and S/E is trying to get into that market. PvP is or at least is going to be a high priority for them. Also, didn't yoshi say that they have their own pvp department that focuses only on pvp? So I don't understand the statement that it shouldn't be their priority if they have a team dedicated to it.