The point of playing the game, of course for having fun, but we agree that we aims to WIN right? Thats why there's a term pay2WIN game and play2WIN game. Every term have word "WIN" at the end, shows that we all aims to WIN.
The question now, do we still can WIN in pokemmo without paying with irl money? For me, yes. So i just be simple, and said that pokemmo is not pay2WIN game.
But yes, i know that, we all players, have different WIN condition. For me, WIN is not abt cosmetics like a skull etc, its not about time also. My WIN condition is simply i can beat other player with the best streak in pvp. I dont really care abt time. I dont really care abt lure-thing, i can easily farm, get 1M-2M and buy 4/5 x 31 right-nature pokemon. For others, WIN condition is gain something faster from, so times are matter for them. With this being said, we know that different WIN condition make we have a different definiton about what pay2WIN is.
I'll just stick in my pay2WIN definition, bcs again, i have my own WIN condition, and i can reach my WIN condition without paying, thats why im consider pokemmo not a pay2WIN game. If your WIN condition is gain something faster than everyone, then its make sense if you consider pokemmo as pay2WIN.
So i understand if some people say pokemmo as pay2WIN game. Bcs we're having a different WIN condition after all. At the end, we need agree to disagree.