SE provides what they'll say they'll provide for the price they set. What's optional and what isn't, at the end of the day, is solely at SE's discretion. Like it or not, they're holding all the cards here. If you disagree with them, then don't do business with them.

Seriously though, if there's something in the cash shop that will ruin the game for you if you can't have it, then paying extra for it shouldn't be an issue. There's nothing in there atm that interests me in the slightest, and I've never paid SE anything beyond my sub, but nothing in there is particularly expensive unless you're either a kid (just ask mummy and daddy for some more pocket money) or seriously strapped for cash (you probably have more important things to buy than your sub anyway).


That said, hyping up the two-person mount (the ONLY THING in the game that's strictly behind a paywall, there's plenty of other mounts and minions out there) for months before announcing that it'll only be available to those who pay extra was a dick move. And even then we don't know FOR SURE that there will be no mount with the free wedding; perhaps there are two versions of it. We won't know until the patch notes come out.