Quote Originally Posted by LisSquid View Post
I mean, I'm inclined to agree with you. It's just that "SE only listens to JP" might be a meme, but a real one. I don't really see JP suddenly jumping up and down for some Conan aesthetics (ESO just got a couple in that vein, I am very much a fan of old-pulp-fantasy-power-fantasy lookins) when the bulk of their player base plays lalafell.
The developers look at Western feedback too. As one example, they noted in interviews that it seemed to be a driving force behind upcoming challenge dungeon content, since they were surprised by the amount of Western feedback that involved requests for harder dungeon content.