Originally Posted by
Excitedguy
As long as boosting services continue to exist, WoW is definitely P2W. Want AOTC, CE, Gladiator Title/Mount, PVP Gear/Raid Gear? A booster can get you all that provided you have the money. I honestly have no idea why this thread is 123 pages long when the answer is clearly, yes, it's P2W and anyone who says otherwise is delusional.
Just because you're not giving the money directly to Blizzard doesn't change anything. The fact is, that as a new player, you can create a WoW account, buy a boost, buy as many WoW tokens as mommy's credit card allows, sell tokens on AH for gold, pay a booster in gold to level you up, and then pay boosters in gold to run your character through any sort of content your interested in (mythic+ dungeons, raids, rated PVP, etc...) while you AFK and win!
Some may argue that you can farm the gold yourself and use the gold for boosting services without ever having to pay real money, but guess what? That's still P2W, you are still paying with a currency to get carried through content you can't do without paying.