6- Eventually if the trend continues, yes. Players willing to pay double if not more the current subscription fee will already be able to fantasia whenever they please, hire several retainers, and who knows. They may have increased mount speed, they may have EXP and Gil bonuses from dungeons, they may even have payed consumable stat buffs (usually these last several hours and persist through death) or anything else that a cash shop would provide them.

Also, I was looking forward to a milestone reward ingame in which I was able to earn a new retainer or two. Or inventory space, or something. But alas, that level of accomplishment turned into an instant gratification payed feature. Sadface.

(3 posts because of 1k character restriction)