Quote Originally Posted by Reonath View Post
I can't speak for every lifetime member but my reaction was the same as the OP...but only briefly. After a bit of consideration I am mostly now very curious to see what the items are that are available through use of the points. I did read the FAQ and all of the currently available free-to-play threads and found actually very little to be concerned about. The way that I am seeing the future outcome is that hopefully we will end up with a much larger player base and a lot more content a lot more often. That being said if the store EVER changes to including game breaking items such as legendary items or radiance armour or anything that you would normally have to work for I would be pretty disappointed. I imagine that it will be something equivalent to the gear purchasable with skirmish marks which, while better than most quest drops, is considerably poorer than any of the crafted or bartered items and thus not really all that great.

I am very hopeful that the marketing push for this is MASSIVE in order to get a tremendous interest in the game and a whole rush of new players. I also am hoping that the account tier structure is effective in motivating people to upgrade their subs once they realize the restrictions placed on them due to their type of account impede their ability to advance and play the game.
As a Founder/Lifer, this is my stance on the whole situation as well.

I'm completely sick of all the players that do nothing but complain every time a major change happens in this game. Why can't people learn to roll with the punches and adapt? As in life, you can't expect everything to remain static.