Wow, people are really defending the cash shop in a game with a monthly fee? Eh, that's about right. It happened in EQ1/2, it happened in WoW, it happened in just about every nexion game, it happ- You know what, i'm tired of watching repeat episodes, whatever happens will happen and no amount of arguing with company zealots will stop it. I just wish SE would finally stop beating around the bush and just go crazy with the cash shop. I mean, they are more or less there. They might as well add power (which you can argue that we are already there by the fact you can pay to skip all but 10 levels of progress and just buy a skip for the story) and call it a day.