You don't need to buy it and as long as they don't sell any gear that impacts gameplay I am on with it. And think of it this way when you see someone that has paid stuff, they are paying bungie for more updates and better service. You need to think that people working on updates get paid and bungie needs to keep a whole staff for those updates. On typical mmos they either charge a subscription or paid items to be able to keep the company afloat. Don't t wine like a little kid because of this. It is either this it subscription