Quote Originally Posted by Dwill View Post
They aren't ripping anyone off because they aren't forcing anyone to buy them. Square Enix is a For Profit company, what's hard to grasp that a company that was in the red wants to get some more funds by providing a service that plenty of people want.
Whenever a mount or minion was announced and released I've been able to get it in game wether I did or not, I was able to for 4 years in this games life. Even after all the changes to 2.0 they did not resort to a cash shop. Only after they have succeeded they are doing this. Not to keep the game alive but for their own greed since they already passed the difficult part.
Now there will be some mounts and minions that I will not have any way too gain unless I pay them more money.
They took away something I was able to have before and making me pay for it. That's ring ripped off.

And I don't remember anyone wanting a cash shop. If I ever saw a thread about a cash shop most were glad that one wasn't here