the cash shop

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Originally Posted by Bishop81

The cash shop opens the doors to such "abuse". This is why many are against it.

How long will be it until things starts getting designed with "encouragement of cash shop patronage" in mind?

At that point, it's no different from a F2P game where every designed decision is geared towards extracting money from customers instead of giving customers a good time. This will not be a game I want to play.

I would like an honest transaction, where I pay for the entertainment I get and not where I'm constantly subjected to manipulation in attempt to get me to fork over cash.

The ToS expressly spells out what you're getting. There is nothing dishonest about it. They are straight out honest with you. Really. Read it.

To your abuse point, there are two problems I have with it. First, unless the other party is acting in a way that implies abuse is going to happen, why immediately assume that they are going to do it? If there is a trend of bad behavior, I'd get this argument, but as it stands now I don't. Second, I don't think that's why many are against the cash shop. I think the anger is from a much more base source than fear of abuse. It's coming from the desire for a good that they want and feel that should be included in the base game. Not from fear that square will suddenly make the gear that drops look like crap.