I also wanted to add to this thread that I believe this sort of system is what we are going to get next. They already started going down this route with the cash shop and the addition of character boosting.

There is a good chance, in my opinion, that we'll be seeing this next regardless of our feedback on the matter. This is Square Enix, we're talking about here and like all so called triple A game companies they'll never be satisfied with just some of the money, they want all of the money.