wait what? it was said while a live letter, indeed find the info now seems strangely hard but still, you have the free version that allows you to enjoy the basic feature and a version gated behind the cash shop with all the other vanity feature. like said, it's not the eternal bond the trouble but what it can lead to. more feature that will be watered down for allows to get cash from the player by putting a part of this feature into the cash shop. it's freemium thing, that come from the free 2 play, exept we are not into free 2 play... we are in a subs game, we can't play if we don't pay the subs, then this freemium option is not welcome it's the worst idea every proposed before!

another point, when it will be in the game, it will be too late, because take out something from a mmorpg, take more time than put it in. because a lot of feature will be tie to it and it often have more impact on the game to move it out than put it in. for make simple, i have the feeling they laying low, instead to answer them community and simply will put it into the game and wait that people will forget it. they have done it with the cash shop...

because people tend to forget how the forum did say no to the cash shop while the beta and after the release. i will be blunt, i will not be satisfy anymore by anymore empty word that thing will not be like this or like that... from now i want action! i want them to be true to them word... i'm tired to see them act more and more rude to them playerbase. this last 6 month they don't have stop to take us for idiot. it did begin with the hunt and after it was the personal housing, followed by the cash shop and now this? seriously?

Yoshida in an interview before the release of the game did said that mmorpg are a service, i wonder if he still see this like this or not? because is not the feeling that i get from it. we are not anymore customer but milking cow. and for the people saying you don't know what will happend... i will only say this, 2.5 with the golden saucer + triple triad tie to a Ios application!