Doesn't matter what you want to call me. What i stated is the process of Game Development, if you like it or not. And no, recruiting a Programmer for such a short project specifically is absolutely ridicilous, as the work-in for those would take longer and more resource than they could provide after it.
What they could do, is recruiting more people in general, what they are doing by the way. One quick glance at Blizzard's Site
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company...egion=Americas would've told you the following: yes, they ARE increasing their manpower, since liker forever. They ARE making features based on our feedback, as i said before.
Sitting there claiming things like "Nuh uh, they could put a little effort into it" is just an rather shallow attack on Blizzard, and nothing short of that.
So you may call me a hypocrite when you feel better about it, or you can actually correct your view about a whole industry based on knowledge rather than your opinion.
Ps: the point about the "relic" was specifically aimed at the NO-TECH Complain People spout. Yes, it is possible that they need to do those things from scratch. Furthermore, there is absolutely no reason for them to lie about that part, from a business standpoint there is nothing to gain.