[maskedmelon]

i dunno how well DBG is managing its cash shop, but cash shops and micro transactions can be pretty neat because they allow everyone to play for free if they want. additionally, well done cash shops allow everyone access to cash shop items by making them tradeable. at that point it is just part of the game and nobody has an "unfair" advantage. sure, if someone wants to drop $50 on some CS stuff and sell it in game to deck their character out, they get an advantage, but then so do people who have friends already playing or people who buy collector's editions or people who are unemployed and have countless hours to invest.