So what if people sell platinum and gold plans for gil?

[Magis]

WoW does have a cash shop and it's a lot worse than what we have. In WoW you can buy instant level 90 and you could buy a pet that could be sold for gold.

Didn't say they didn't, I said they could afford to do something like that and survived any fallout from doing so because they had 13+mil players from just general good MMO design. Heck, WoW wasn't even unscathed from implementing that (well, and a butt load of bad decisions), seeing as their sub rate has plummeted over the last 4-5 years.

Already stated that the cash shop isn't around for RMT in particular. When I said every MMO is already pay to win thanks to RMT. I meant that you can use real money to buy in game currency using the third party RMT. Also pay to win is subjective since one persons idea of pay to win is different from someone else's. Also if you don't like how SE is using the cash shop you don't have to play it. Another thing is that EA and Activision aren't the only companies that utilize dlc or buying additional content. Here is a small list of companies that utilize dlc or additional content for their games: Capcom, Namco, Ubisoft, Sega, Bungi, Nintendo, Bioware, Atlas, I could keep going but I'm going to stop there. Notice the amount of Japanese companies I mentioned in that list?

So add them to the list, I was just giving examples.

If you hate it that much just don't play, I don't really mind it and I like the game enough that it isn't a game breaker for me. You're probably better off finding F2P mmo to play since subscription based mmos are heading down the cash shop avenue.

Well, at this point the only thing keeping me subbed is my FC so I may end up doing that. The game I joined in Beta V2 (and it seems before you joined) was way different than what I am playing now. I'd rather see this game succeed and live as long as FFXI or WoW did, but it seems that won't be the case. Too bad cause I love Final Fantasy, I love the lore, and I love the aesthetic. Just a note though, if you keep saying "just don't play", soon you will turn into 1.0 or other MMOs where there isn't anyone left to say that to. I am surprised that people would rather have players jump ship than improve the game.