I think the issue is a very small one of a courtesy. Nobody expects "yeah we are just going to fix all the forum shit overnight" while they are in active development. If ONE official acknowledgement of the existence of a very large number of player concerns is too much to ask in a month of playtesting, why did they bother with EA?
People will get pissed off leaving feedback if Larian don't acknowledge they are reading it. Even if the response is "we don't give a shit we have your money" at least gives the player some perspective. "We are busy doing other shit please be patient", "We took a months vacation because be broke sales records", "We all come down with HEP C after going on a crystal meth binge and freebasing crack". Whatever, any response is better than silence.
This. This is exactly where the fuss and unrest mostly comes from. There's hardly any acknowledgement or feedback on the forums to say 'Hey we're listening. We're doing this this and this and we're focusing on this'.
