Fair enough, and I agree mostly.
At the same time, I feel like adding a new playable race should be a little more fleshed out than this, especially if it's coming at a cost. Cathar are a Bioware creation going back to KOTOR. If you're going to push them into this game, go all the way with it. That would be worth paying for even if you were on the fence about playing a cat, because at least there'd be new quests, new places to see and things to do.