Why do very simple bugs not get fixed?

If it has been reported using the in game bug reporting tool, it's probably sitting in someone's queue listed as low priority. They probably have a half dozen high priority bugs that are consuming their life and haven't even noticed it yet. Who knows, it might even be sitting in mine.

We don't pull bugs from reddit as a primary reporting source. We sometimes get bugs from here if a dev stumbles upon it and you get lucky or it's so high impact that it gets a ton of attention. However, in that situation, they have also all been reported in game. The in game reports go directly into our triage system automatically.

Edit: but yes, this should be an extremely easy big to fix. However, it could be something crazy that's much more complicated. I doubt it though. Someone probably just typed 5 instead of 8.

Yes, part of the triage process is age and estimated duration. I frequently just grab a bug or two like this in between bigger ones. Or even if I just need a break from working on a big one. We also will sometimes put someone on task to just hit as many of these as possible. There was a patch a couple back that had a ton of little skill bug fixed, most of those were 2 people.