They just need to come out and say it, "We are needing all of these sudden cash grab themes because we feel threatened by Neverwinter coming out."
Neverwinter was supposed to come out last year and Turbine put out an expansion. Neverwinter got backed up to this year and now we have another expansion plus cash grabbing annoyances out of no where.
So not only does it seem like they are threatened by Cryptic's game but they are also utilizing Cryptic's cash grabbing policy.
Just one comment to all of this Turbine. Have played Neverwinter. Haven't seen anything to be threatened about yet.