User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 456: Orders, Review and Commentary/@comment-112.133.244.155-20151012104853/@comment-4829046-20151012120307

I agree with that and don't doubt that she may receive greater strength, but so far Mashima has not disclosed any intention of elevating her from being a side character that deals with fodder. Heck even if she did get some power-up that lasts her a solid 5-10 pages of character spotlight, it still wouldn't mean much if her role is similar to what we have seen thus far. I'm not really taking sides though because I for one never hated on Lisanna, I'm just stating the ground situation. :)