“You have enough gold for how many carries… If those carries are successful what do you have? The chance for better gear and a better vault than you would have not normally had on your own.”
But…
Each and every one of us in the game has a chance to get that better gear and better vault.
P2W means you can buy gear/item from the store that is not available in game.
I played a game where you had to buy gems to fill in a talent tree. The first 5 gems per section or talent was free. To get to more levels after 5? Buy them. They weren’t expensive but the talent tree itself was huge. You couldn’t get any gems in game for those after 5.
There was a cape that everyone wore that gave an extra boost…bought from store.
To get to an island that periodically had treasures, you had to buy a boat. From the store.
That’s pay to win.
Buying tokens gives you an advantage in that you can do a Heroic or Normal dungeon and get that mount or gear that you want. But it’s in game. And like the game above, you don’t have to buy the token or buy from the store.
I don’t care that they have better gear than I do. It’s not like I’m in a high end raiding guild. If I was, I’d be getting the gear eventually anyway.