To me the issue isn't that I'll never have all the minions unless I buy these for real money! I was never going to have all the minions anyway, my MIN retainer seems dead set on that as it is. I do, however, like to collect mounts and minions, so seeing what is, at least currently, a few on the Mog Station for real money, is a bit annoying but not really a big deal. It does make me wonder though how many minions/ mounts that might have made it into the game through any number of acquisition means are just going to be posted on the Mog Station for $5 in the future. Even if they say that won't happen, how does that work? They have a separate team for the paid minions than the in game ones? On top of that the team making the paid minions aren't allowed to use any of the ideas the team for in game minions are thinking of?


All it really comes down to is players don't want an item that they really want (for whatever reason) to have an additional price tag associated with it. Nobody wants to see previews of new gear/ mounts/ minions and have to cross their fingers and hope that the ones that they like are included in their subscription instead of an additional cost.