I want an official response.

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This quote, your subscription, and this game in its entirety are all optional. Hell even LIFE is optional, but that ain't the point people are trying to make. I don't really care about the cash shop, but if I see something I actually want, I'll grab it. It's not like $5 is going to kill me, as it is I only pay about $50 every 6 months to play this game vs $60 every time a new console game comes out. But if the cash shop ever gets something that requires you to do the current endgame content with, or any endgame content for that matter (endgame content being raids that offer highest tier equipment, not vanity) then I will have a problem with it, but I doubt that'll ever happen.

I swear it's like you guys have tunnel vision. Is this what the modern MMO player is? They only care about end game dungeons?

Go and read:

http://support.na.square-enix.com/rule.php?id=5382&la=1

I'm not stupid. Terms of service do not exempt them from criticism.

Reached my daily post limit by the way, so I'm not going to be able to reply anymore. It's asinine that we even have a posting limit.