I don't get the displeasure. I mean if we think about it, paying for an FFXIV sub does not prevent you from buying FFXIV artbooks/merchandise/posters/etc. In fact, when the meteor survivors out people were trying to see if they were for sale! Why is it, then, that "digital" merchandise is a problem? Instead of buying posters and t-shirts, you now have the option to buy cool ingame stuff.

For some reason, adding merchandise inside of a game causes people to go up in arms. If we were to take that same coolDRG vanity armor and sell it outside of the game as a cosplay piece, you guys would be all over it! Why the difference?