Ugh trying to read 22 pages of people screaming "THIS IS P2W".. But one thing I did seem to notice is people just saying "XI would never do this".
Does no one seriously remember getting a mog satchel/sack whatever it was called when you bought a token. See most people seem to forget that. XI had huge inventory space issues. Buying a token was a no brainer for extra space. That allowed me to be better than some of my counterparts when it came to healing cause I had access to my highly situational gear.

Now I would never call that p2w because that was far from it. It was a service I purchased to allow me to have more space. I don't think it was some sort of slippery slope nor do I think being able to purchase something that changes my race is either. This is not XI I'm not trying to get ahead but becoming a taru for that added INT bonus.. it's so silly. I really doubt FF would ever boil down to "Buy this new super starter pack golden edition for 50bucks."