You have done a marvellous job of articulating what has left a sour taste in my mouth with the micro transaction announcement. To reiterate: A lot of people argue that the micros are cosmetic only, so don't buy anything and you're not out anything and not at a disadvantage in the game. That's not the point. The previous accepted norm in video games was to purchase a product for a retail price and receive the full product. Video games are changing and evolving. One of the changes was to introduce free to play games with an alternate source of income being micros (eg LoL). Now the issue I have is when you combine the two income generation models together. Doing this means one of two things; 1) The company hasn't made enough money to be profitable and has to consider alternate sources of income to stay afloat; or 2) The company is remarkably greedy and believes they can increase profits on the backs of mindless consumers. We all know Destiny made their investment back by day one of release......hence the sour taste in my mouth. If the masses support this new hybrid, it will open the door for Bungie to continue this model and maybe even worse - open the door for other major players to follow suit.