This might be me personally, but I really really dislike games that take this approach. I get wanting more people to play but also keep the ability to get money from the game at the same time. The whole old subscription thing already threw me off but at least long time players could get the classes without being forced to spend money, it was like skins. Pay to get it instantly, or just keep grinding.
However, when i saw the mention of the characters being forced to be paid to unlock now, it frustrated me. I maybe a PC player, but the thought of having to pay to play a class like Taxidermist is just annoying. At least make it so him and Quentin are a few tickets like 79 or 99. Either you can buy the bundle to get them early or keep playing the game to get coins and tickets to unlock them.
The only, only good part of this is removing the subscription service.