How can anyone defend this?

They created pvp gear and a pvp stat then released the pvp mode everyone was waiting for and that pvp gear is completely useless.
How would you feel if after completeing that soul crushing zodiac quest and suddenly SE decides that Determination now does nothing?

This game is all about gear progression and now they completely get rid of pvp gear so that people wont have to farm it? then why the hell does it exist?