Quote Originally Posted by SamRF View Post
I've just seen a recent video cut from popular Twitch streamer Asmongold and imo he described really well what people's problem may be with a Cash Shop in an MMO.

https://youtu.be/0dPWP-1oiSw?t=790 till 14:15 (1 minute)

Hard paraphrasing:


So even if(!) ingame earned cosmetics wouldn't suffer directly from lack of resources, they will FEEL less important because you can perhaps get something better looking from the Cash Shop. To give an example, it will potentially feel less good/"productive" to farm for a mount when you know that you can get a potentially better looking one from the Cash Shop.

You can go all technical about it and say that it shouldn't matter and that it's your fault for looking at it that way, but it's still something people can't erase from the back of their head and will impair their enjoyment of the game.
Anyone who lets cash shops items strip away the pride and value of items they have earned in game need to re-evaulate whats important to them. Is their hard work and effort more important or how fancy and awesome something looks. If you follow the latter then your enjoyment is going to continue to be ruined.