Emotes (or lack there of)

[Datadas]

Sorry! isn't an emote. It's you saying the word sorry!. Do we always do a particular motion when we say those words? Not really.

if by "Hello" you want to wave to someone, we have /wave for that. there's also /welcome.

This game has a pretty wide selection of emote,s to say (lack thereof) is ridiculous.

You are correct. To say "I'm sorry" is not an emotion. However, someone can feel apologetic, and to apologize is an action one person might wish to take. I do not think it is wrong for me to want my character to be able to actively apologize in place of me just typing "I'm sorry".