And them doing that with Ion is a perfect example of why you don't do that, homie is a blight upon the game and always has been. Showing that "playing the game" in no way qualifies you for actually designing one.

Heck, between "community moderators" and them letting WF guilds in on their patches WoW is almost the perfect example of why you should never expect people who "play the game a lot" to be any good at working on them.