Two Person Chocobo for being married behind a pay wall now?

[WHS]

I did not see the recent letter from producer live and am only now hitting the forums to see we now are getting the long awaited marriage system albeit the most sought after feature "the 2 person choco" is behind a pay wall? Is this really true? It was advertised a bit ago and seemed like it would just be there if we got married. Now I think I am hearing it's behind a cash shop pay wall. Please someone clear this up for me before I get pissed for no reason at all. I do not want the marriage system or any of its benefits behind a cash shop pay wall. Is there anyway to get this 2 person mount for me and my significant other besides paying for it on the cash shop?

ON a different note: why is directx 11 and add on support being gated behind the new expansion when we were promised them within the first year of service? Should these already be in game by now? Expansion aside.

One more thing to mention. Remember when we had a relationship with the devs and asked for stuff and they said yes or no and implemented content that we wanted w/o asking for more money? Now it seems any content we might want or ask for in the future might be behind a cash shop pay wall to go along with our p2p sub we pay each month. This is not what we all signed up for in the beginning now is it?