Quote Originally Posted by Clawbriar View Post
The cash shop & extra retainers helped pay for the game and its patches & expansions you're playing now. The cool thing is, both are also entirely optional and don't require your money sans the subscription you already pay.

What I'm saying is: nobody cares. Just don't buy them. Whatever. If you think that they're pay-to-win, then thank you for enlightening us that this is indeed your first MMO.
Wow what an asshole way to dismiss our opinions with no substance. I have played dozens of MMO's for over ten years thank you very much, and if any of the old greats tried this crap in their heyday we would've have FLIPPED OUT. But welcome to our new F2P golden age where EVERY game must have microtransactions, MMO or not, sub game or not.