ok, just stop with the "go f2p already" talk, have you seen f2p MMO's? if you think RMT /tell's are bead now, insted of it being the normal 1-3 upon log in it'll be 15-20, I have played my fair share of f2p MMO's and they all have 1 thing in common, evil items, over powered gear, random boxes that has a 0.4% chance of getting that shiny mount you want, exp boost, stat boost items and other items that would be impossible to get otherwise.
People want to call a mount a pay-to-win that doesn't offer a stat boost of any kind has no idea of what a pay-to-win item is, I had this happen in a f2p game, I got challenged to a duel by a lvl 13 at the time I was lvl 25, my gear was level 22-25 enhanced crafted gear, he had level 10 CS gear, I lost due to the gear, it had double to triple the stats my gear had, thats a pay-to-win item.
I was originally against the cash shop, if it wasn't for the cash shop I would have to remake my character everytime I changed races (and be in 2.1 MSQ), also I do have the Slepinir mount, but I still use my trusty chocobo, now the items on the mogstation isn't evil items I think the items could be brought in-game, but at least this way people could buy a mount or glamour gear and not have to grind days, weeks or months for it.