Honestly, guys, what is P2W about this game? I've never done anything in the Pearl Shop, and consistently come out on top in PvP against people who do use the Pearl Shop, as evidenced by the outfits and whatnot. What it comes down to is your AP/DP, and afaik, you can't buy SILVER in the Pearl Shop.

Arguably the best things from the Pearl Shop, the things that can make the game "seem" P2W are in the Loyalty shop, as well. Is it easier to pull out your wallet and buy an Artisans Memory? For some people, maybe. Everything that I've found that I hear friends / people online complain about is in the Loyalty Shop as well. It just doesn't add up. Sure, some things are way easier, but that also accounts for people who don't have 300 hours to develop a character, only 100 or so to make them fully capable and ready.

I can't see the problem with people spending money, unless you just think that they're idiots--because they are. The best items are all in Loyalties as well, and at most take twenty days to obtain. Is that really SO bad? Chances are, if someone has to pay to get their skills reset or to increase durability or whatever, they probably aren't mechanically as good of a player as someone who has played for the past twenty days grinding out the game. Has anyone here ever been beaten by someone JUST because of their costume? Or is it because they AFK fish and have 332,203,012,301 silver and didn't care to dump all of that into having all of their weapons/armor/accessories as DUO or better?