Lol, except that I'm 26, have a job and a son of my own who no doubt will be asking me to buy him items in games in over a decade . The actual Station Credits I used to buy my stuff I got when I bought the Alpha Squad package during Beta. I'll probably also get a few more Station Credits to buy more weapons in the future ( and maybe to make some of my other classes look cooler than yours ), there's no way I'm saving up 700+ certs to buy one weapon lol, I just don't have the time or the patience and Sony knows this, which is how they'll make money from me on top of Premium, lol.
I know you aren't a kid, hence why I typed "probable", I just feel most of these skull mask wearers are 13 year olds or something. It's pretty blatant when you look at the nicknames.
I have bought the alpha squad thing too, with the 4000SC I got myself the infantry bundle and the vehicule bundle and I'm quite happy. The base prices are bullshit, I mean what the hell 10 dollars for just a gun. With all the fully equipped NC heavies I see around, I can suspect SOE is getting
a lot of cash out of this pretend-F2P game (I still think it's pretty okay-ish F2P but there are many things like the fighter rocket pods that are essential for this and that vehicule).
Btw if you really play to farm certs, 700+ cert items are not that hard to get. You can get 100 certs per playtime hour if you do it right. Of course that's not the most strategically productive playstyle.