2% of a player base of 10 million people are still 200.000 subscribers for 20 bucks a month, or 4.000.000 USD in total.
But disregarding that, i think people have to remember that while they can change it without a patch, it doesn't mean its easy and fast, or that they don't have other more pressing matters to look after first. Im sure it will be covered shortly, and in the mean time, people can simply go get some of the other EoF items.