Not sure what opinions we ignored considering my active participation in the discussion here. If a discussion is happening with opposing viewpoints, how in the world is everybody’s opinion going to be incorporated, since that seems to be what you consider your opinion being “welcome”?
Using the “elite” or “casual” labels seems to be a very common tactic when something is not going the way somebody wants. Obviously it’s this “other” group of players that swayed the devs! The irony here is that most of the time it’s this “elite” you are picturing that’s upset with us for making the game easier or more accessible, so it seems we’re just not on either side!
I’m not even sure how the direction of the changes we are making is in any way conflicting with the results of this poll nor how you came to the conclusion you stated based on the changes I listed considering that the Crucible is receiving important changes that alleviate some of the reasons Why DA stacking has gotten popular to begin with. Only thing I can come up with is that I (a developer) disagreed with your (a player’s) opinion, and thus your feedback is not welcome.
I mean…in the end, game development isn’t a democracy or done by committee. A poll made by players and voted upon by a tiny fraction of a fraction of the playerbase is not going to take precedence over our own experience and decision-making. Player input can be (and often is) considered, but ultimately the decision lies with us.