Great read! It really shows how much thought they've put into this. And it's so different from the norm, go Anet!
They're really thinking outside the box with some of this stuff. It would seem like they're taking some risks but everything is so transparent. They are slowly telling us about EVERYTHING, and it's a great way to hype up a game.
For a while now, this game has been sounding like a high quality experience, and yet it's free to play. This should help break the (completely wrong) stereotype of "F2P = bad".