Quote Originally Posted by Skivvy View Post
For those who are OK with our current cash shop - is it just that you've never experienced any alternative? As mentioned earlier, my first MMO was XI and I didn't know what cash shops were until I branched out to F2P games (yeaaaars down the road). I suppose if this is your first MMO, or you've only played newer games, you would know no better. This obviously won't be the case for everyone. Just a shower thought.
For me, that's not it. I came over from WoW which had a cash shop, but also had a very active anti-cash shop population. Quick caveat with WoW. I left during Mists right before the introduction of the pay for level option.

I have a different viewpoint of what I expect in my subscription. My viewpoint isn't right or wrong, but it is mine. As long as the vast majority of mounts, minions, vanity items, and clothing are available in game and the cash shop isn't being used to gate content or levels, I'm okay with it.

The moment that the company starts shifting large efforts into pay-for materials or does pay for housing or pay for leveling or pay for current content, I stop being okay with it.