See this is what I was concerned about when asked if there would be game shop stuff with buffs and exclusive content. There are some who have bought game shop items so long that they do not consider most things pay to win, but instead "pay to grind less" or "pay for convenience"...
I was looking for another good ship or navy game because the other one I played (nf2) has started selling in game money for real money: 10 dollars = about 100-200 non-premium games worth of game cash. Exp walls are long enough with premium but without its impractical, unreasonable, and almost impossible to advance past a certain point; long sessions aren't enough. Just about every high level ship player got that high through the premium service exp/cash boost. Often you get into stacked games where your team of destroyers and small/weak pre-ww1 ships are up against their overpowering 1 hit kill ww2 battleships, multiple aircraft carriers with waves of torpedo/dive bombers, and more advanced destroyers. Makes more than half the games pointless. I don't want to spend on a game that will just end up like that. :/