Quote Originally Posted by Tupsi View Post
Well by that logic Race/Gender/Server change should be free too - Those are cash shop items and are done via in-game systems (you can select your server in the client too.). The Customization item in XIV is an actual in-game item as well. They aren't taking content out of the game unless I miss the raids you can purchase in the cash shop.

What SE saw was the current trend of MMORPGs since at minimum 2004 players are willing to use a cash shop - Gaming as a whole is run on microtransactions these days. SE is simply following the industry trend.
Mounts, minions, dyes, wedding bonuses are content, when you have fun with your mount it is content, when you have a better cinematic in the wedding it's content. Considering how many people are doing FCoB it looks like Raid is more optionnal than vanity.

The only MMO P2P with cash shops are WoW and FFXIV and it's not since 2004. It's the industry trend yes, it's also a bad trend, but you can also freely give all your money to SE if you want so much to give them all your money, maybe they'll give you a keyholder !