Thats the point…if someone spends $600 thats 5 people subbing for a year. How much do you think the top 10 guilds spent? Do you think the average players sub is even considered next to that? Blizzard doesn’t care about people subbing, they can use bots for playtime metrics, while leeching money from twitch streamers and by extension their viewers. Is that a problem? Only if you have more fun playing the game than paying to watch it.
The person who farms gold in-game can buy the same stuff from the AH as the person buying gold with tokens. They never have to even look at the shop.
Something that would actually be pay to win would be an item that is solely purchased in the store and provides an in-game advantage. Like the theoretical item I described earlier. Imagine being able to just plop down some money and get +100 corruption resistance over what people can get in-game. That would actually be pay to win.
Again, no it’s not. You want it to be subjective so you can use your overly vague definition.
Doesn’t matter. They’re still working entirely in-game and getting access to the same gear as the people who buy gold with tokens.
So, once again, in order for something to actually be pay to win, it would have to be exclusive to the shop. Not something you could ever hope to buy from the AH.