Those minutes you think are no less than 5 actually involve carefully reading the whole thread, checking with the staff, fetching your best PR person (who's probably doubling as PR when not busy), get them to write a carefully worded reply.
Just saying that a company and those that represent it are not as free to post things as the common forum user is.
I work in this industry and I totally second this.
Larian has seen the request of increasing the backstab box area, there's no need to be impatient.
I'm sure we'll see it in a future patch, in the meantime go and enjoy this amazing game!