I think it's pay to get ahead not pay to win, pay to win is when you can only get the best items by spending real money, but here you can get everything for free with enough time. so it's not p2w , it's p2GA (pay to get ahead) I mean, I have been playing for about 2 years here, and I'm pretty geared, not full BiS , but about half way all for free. Just takes time .