Quote Originally Posted by AmyNeudaiz View Post
They are selling CONVENIENCE. NOT pay to win. I don't agree with it either and I'm sorry but you guys make such bulls**t reasons to be against this.
Convenience has been sold by free to play games for a good while now in order to make money. It's part of the business model. They allow you to log in for free, they often allow you full access to all content in the game for free, but they make their money from things like vanity, quality of life upgrades, or time savers. More inventory slots is a pretty common cash shop item in these games.

If SE is going to start selling "convenience" in a cash shop, and they're still going to charge a minimum of $120 (and that's from legacy players, for everyone else it would be more) if you want to be able to even log in whenever you want for one year, it starts to look like a pretty low value overall. Paying a continuous subscription vs. free to play microtransactions is debatable, but continuous subscription and free to play style microtransactions is about as good as it gets for businesses but the worst combination for value for the consumer.