Quote Originally Posted by SinisterIsBack View Post
It literally does not work... you don't have to pay anything. You lose nothing by not getting stuff from the shop.
This is outright wrong, you are lying to yourself.
Take a look at the announced Odin mount (which is exclusive to the cash shop according to the Live Letter announcement last night)
At some point during the development process of either the mount or the trial the question must have been raised - Do we make this a drop, similar to the Extreme Primal mounts? Or do we put it into a cash shop?
This question WILL have come up during the development process. They have clearly chosen the route that will yield them money as opposed to the more fairer for all option.

We are losing things because of the cash shop. Content that otherwise would have had a direct method of being obtained in game is now being sold to us.