Stop Making Should-Be Achievement Gear.."Optional Gear"

[JCharms]

You do realize that you don't HAVE to purchase OPTIONAL items, right? So who cares if others do? How does that concern you at all?

I am not totally anti cash shop like some others around here are, I think its fine for old event stuff and dyes for newer players to purchase, but that's a very weak argument that does not address the OP's concerns..
It would be fine to say this if those items were available in game now via achievements as well, so you had the choice of grind or buy, or if they do it like most other MMO's do and make them not bound so they could be put up on the MB and people could buy them with gil, but to put exclusive, and to some, desirable gear as cash shop only is bound to cause grievance in a subscription based game.