Ah well just throwing it out there, tbh in my opinion its the easiest development with biggest potential in drawling more attention to gw1 / bringing in new or returning players. If you check reddit or watch twitch streams, "ironman" mode is one of the most talked about topics for these types of players. Trying to stop bots/goldsellers/new titles wont really bring an influx of people imo. Actual "new" content I feel is way too big of an ask (and I feel ironman mode would actually bring in more people than like a missionpack).
I think you just don't get the point. They don't make near as much with a gw1 update than with a single cosmetic item in gw2 gemstore.
Why would they waste a dev's time considering he's worth anywhere between 25 to 80$ an hour, if not more, for the sake of a quality of life update on a game that brings little to no money in return