>>47718272It objectively is P2W. You can like the game despite it but call a spade a spade, anon. You can pay for a sizeable advantage over your opponents and, while I think the grinding argument is bad-faith in the first place, there literally hasn't been enough time for any players to grind to the point of matching the whales.
You can pay for a direct stat advantage over players who don't pay = it's pay 2 win.