I want an official response.

[Ilitsa]

I hope you realize that not everybody cares about Coil and EX primals. I hope you realize that not everybody cares about "progression" content, and that they prefer to take the game at their own pace.

And that's those people's prerogative, that doesn't change the facts though. Don't like it, don't buy those particular minions/mounts, there's tons of other ones you can work your butt off for, it's not like the sleipnir mount goes 30% faster or anything.

I would rather have a response so I can decide whether I want to keep playing this game, or if I want to leave it.

Leaving us in the dark about this, especially springing the Eternal Bond bit on us at the last minute, is absolutely disrespectful.

Well you have your response. The cash shop will continue getting small amounts added with each patch, and there will be paid versions of the EB system. Time for you to decide, that's the most response you'll be getting.