Well maybe it is for people who does'nt have much time to play the game,now they can get all the items right off the bat and you can completely ignore it as it will not effect you guys who spend countless hours a day on the game. Stop overreacting

I think by weapons,they meant the weapon skins,the one you got online after leveling? but instead of leveling,they let you unlock it early by using real money. If that is the case,i don't see any problems,it's not even "pay to win"

the knight of thorns armor look exactly like ornstein armor from dark's souls except ornstein's armor is gold in colour.