Quote Originally Posted by Alavastre View Post
The problem is that people have too much time on their hands and when they see other people get even the smallest of advantages they want to get rid of it. In all honesty, this isn't that big of a problem. It's more in their heads.

What they're too shortsighted to see is that the cash shop will provide money and resources to SE, which will make the game better.
People with their head in the dirt like you are part of the problem here. There is not an MMO in history that didn't see the slippery slope effect from its cash shop. Every single game that ever added a cash shop saw a gradual transition to a pay to win business model. The fact is when players pay a subscription for a game they expect to be on an even playing field with the same opportunities available to them (time allowing). This new way of turning RL money into gil essentially means richer players have a massive advantage in any content that involves gil and can gear up faster, buy runs easier, buy multiple houses with zero effort, etc.

At the London fanfest YoshiP emphatically stated 'No pay to win'. This situation now, however, IS pay to win. So quite honestly your opinion is entirely irrelevant because YoshiP has stated something that he has now been caught out on yet again so players have a right to be angry regardless of your willful ignorance on the matter.