I want an official response.

[Kuolema]

Do you think those ideas suddenly popped up and were developed between October and 2.45? There has been concept art for Eternal Bond for at least a year, and those things were developed with the sub money we all pay. Had the community not shown support for a cash shop,or if they had not just accepted it because 'it doesn't affect what I like!', then they would have been implemented without being in the cash shop.

The cash shop didn't just magically pop up because the community supported it. It was an inevitability to come, most if not all games have micro transactions. SE isn't dumb they see how the gaming industry has been trending for years and are capitalizing on it. If the cash shop wasn't here you would probably get the free watered down wedding and that would be it. Instead they decided to put a more elaborate version on the cash shop.

As for Odin's mount yes it may be bad that they put it on the cash shop after you were able to get it for free but honestly does it really break the game? Does it really upset you that much?