Quote Originally Posted by Naunet View Post
I am fully aware Blizzard has a cash shop. I was pointing out specifically that they do not put old event items up on the cash shop. You can always obtain them in-game from year to year to year.

No matter which way you cut it, this is absurd on SE's part. Old event items were previously obtainable with gil. They deliberately removed them and changed it so they could not be. That is NOT a good thing.
The way Blizzard does it is MUCH MUCH worse. Certain items that are not from yearly events are simply 100% unobtainable, even if that gear has a unique look.

In this expansion they flooded their cash shop with mounts that should CLEARLY be available in game. One example is the faerie dragon mount. You see NPCs using this mount all the time, and when you complete their faction's reputation grind you're rewarded with the ability to purchase......a reskinned wolf. To get the mount you have to shell out TWENTY DOLLARS.