[Spoiler] The Rising Mogstation Update

[Bourne_Endeavor]

"The cash shop will never be a problem, they will always let people get the items at events and then they will put them at the cash shop for those who missed them" - White Knights, 2014.

This is really sad, and as this trend increases, we get close to abusive cash shops, because thats how the average gamer is today, SE runs a business and thats where the money is, the idiotic average gamer.

It still isn't. This is cosplay glamour, not new designs. When people have said what you've quoted, they mean the latter.

Nonetheless, would you call someone who, say, goes out partying and blows $100 one weekend an idiot? Why? Because they choose to freely spend their money on what they deem enjoyable? You may dislike something, but that doesn't inherently make it idiotic to partake in.

Well when the cash shop was being first teased everyone said this would start happening and they were slapped down and told it would only be for things missed or otherwise attainable in game.

We now pay a sub and are expected to pay extra for stuff they could just as easily stick in the game.

We pay a sub for substantial content updates every three mounts, which include glamour, gear, dungeons, raids, mounts and all that is associated with them. Were this a F2P/B2P, we wouldn't see any glamour whatsoever that wasn't cash shop exclusive and actual content updates would slow significantly. Compare the amount of genuine content updates seen in Black Desert or Blade & Soul to FFXIV; nevermind the enormous grinds both games implore on their playerbases to make the cash shop enticing. BDO is particularly bad because if you want any chance of competing in endgame PvP, you will need to either pay for their sub model or dedicate half your life to monotonous grinding just to keep pace.