Even if it is all fluff and items that have no effect on gameplay (I wouldn't call the AA and XP potions fluff)... these extras are the types of things that should be included in content patches with subscription games. New armor, decorations, vanity items. Why should ppl have to pay for it twice? You know you aren't going to get any more cool new stuff in patches, right? It will be added to the store/card game/RMT.

Look at NGE, for years the players asked for new structures/vehicles/cool fluff stuff. They told the players that it could be considered when they revamped the architect/engineer/whatever class, but that they didn't have the resources to develop that sort of thing currently. FINALLY, they add new structures that the player base had been asking for, along with some neat new vehicles/spaceships... to the card game as "loot card" rewards. Costs extra money to get any of it.

Browsing the SOE forums is giving me an NGE flashback: Spring the changes on players with absolutely no warning in order to avoid player backlash? Yup. Release a full price expansion shortly before changing the game in a way most people hate? Yup. Post after post of people saying "this sucks, screw you SOE"? Uh huh.