'People who can afford and want to, can buy them.' - remind me again why war spoils was introduced.
Because vocal trolls bashed the game ad-infinitum in endless circle jerk while polishing their feeling of self entitlement.
Oh, wait, thats because these trolls bashed about DLCs being there in the first place, not being able to tell the difference between what is pay to win and what is bad balance(that pay to win osttruppen and partisans doctrine mhmm).
'People who don't want to spend money will be able to get them for free via drops. - LOL, you've got a great sense of humour. Next tell the one about how common they are, and how there aren't any duplicates.
Doesn't matter, you have the option now, can't complain
and its not like the system is done anyway.
Now its the standard, you either have time or money, invest one or the other, but don't bitch about the part you don't like, because you can, you know, not use it at all and focus on the one you prefer.