Quote Originally Posted by Lurkios View Post
Aside from the fact that the two are nearly unrelated, who said anything about it being new?
Most of the folks wailing about microtransactions in a subscription MMO are upset in such a way that it sounds as though they believe that subscription MMOs have never had microtransactions. KraggyKor was pointing out that yes, subscription MMOs DO have microtransactions, and provided one example that is over ten years old. (Heck, the FFXI example is WORSE than a microtransaction - FFXI mules were microSUBSCRIPTIONS, to the tune of a dollar every month.)

Does this justify microtransactions in THIS MMO? I have no opinion on that. It DOES provide a precedent, though, from the very same company that's implementing them now.