Quote Originally Posted by spf1200 View Post
Not even 5 years ago microtransactions in a game were a bad this no matter what. Now rabid fans will defend cosmetic ones despite the obvious price gouging (mounts shouldn't cost more than full games). How long till you guys start to defend pay to win stuff since the game is pve (trick question people already are asking for then)?
As long as the game that has microtransactions is a complete, solid game and the items offer no advantages over other players then I see no harm in the company that made said game offering bonus items for a price.

As for mounts costing what they do: as someone said in an above post, it costs a good bit to model, mesh and animate something. Not to mention the rigorous testing to make sure it interacts with everything in game the way it's supposed to. Now I can agree that all the items should at least be account wide for the price.

Also, as others have said: these items are purely optional. If you don't want to support them, then don't buy them. The game isn't holding your account hostage until you purchase an emote or mount.