I ' m not saying this is or isn ' t pay to win , but since when do companies make things truly for free ? They spend years making a game to only make it free ? Doesn ' t compute . I mean , they could make it a subscription system and give you what you want . Or they could give you the illusion of being free through cash shops . Thus drawing in more people . P 2 w has a certain negative aura , but in all actuality i think that was the way they publishers wanted ppl to play . But folk for some reason think a big MMO is created out of the goodness of their hearts . If you spent years making something , you want to get paid right ? I ' m not saying those business models are wrong or right . It ' s just funny that we as free player expect to be on the same ground as a paying player . In my mind it seems like companies make a game , draw people in , and they have fun for a while , leave , and all that remains are the paying folks . The ones they intended it to be for . I wish publishers would just come out and say it instead of smoke screening people into thinking they really want to give the game away for free . Cosmetics aren ' t enough to keep people in . At least in don ' t think . I ' m no business major so what do I know lol .