Aurum. Nothing wrong with this. But boosters give users a bigger return on their games, SP wise, Which in the long run it pay to win becuase better gear is affordable faster. Better gear = wins.

Right now are they. No. so it is pay to win.

Skipper Jones pretty much hit the nail straight on the head.

So 2 teams of newbies. one with kitted out aurum gear, one with miltia. Who wins?

Everyone is so mean here.

Stop giving these bullshit answers like "you get it faster, that's not pay to win" or "aurum doesn't buy a better gun"

The truth is that players that have boosters will ALWAYS have an advantage over players without boosters. HOWEVER, players with a lot of skill points will ALWAYS have an advantage over players with less.

This is the reality of this game, and people need to accept it.

As one of the so called "proto fags", I can say that most of my kills come from militia suits, and not from other players my skill level.

The other reality is that anyone can kill anyone if they're using the right tool. Even the distinct advantage from more skill points can be countered with the right suit fitting.

One of the stupidest things i've read right there. thanks for the laugh.

Ccp 'not p2w'
Op 'it is p2w'
You 'it is p2w but gtfo if you don't like it'

Hahahahahaha you kitten

Imho questions like "is Dust p2w?" can't be answered until the game comes out. It is a bit like trotting in place. You are getting all fired up but actually going nowhere. There are still many features being developed that have to yet be implemented, including Planetary conquest (which comes next build), semi random map generation based on heightmaps from planets in eve (it was said, that this is the way maps will be generated, right? might be wrong though), Pve modes, Player market and so on and so forth. Once they say "we are out of beta" it should be of more use to argue over P2W or not P2W. . .

SP boosters and universal communicator, I don't have a problem with. Why?
1 - Universal commo - Yes, CCP has to make some money. No biggie

2 - SP boosters - Systems are in place to match you (mostly) against players with similar total SPs. I don't gripe about getting pasted when I'm playing with combat monsters with 6 times my SPs, as long as when I'm playing against people of a similar SP total, they can't pay MONEY to be using gear that is otherwise above their skill level. That is P2W, and it pisses me off.
Plenty of other ways CCP could make money off of aurum, like oh say... blueprints! What an idea! CCP doesn't even have to make them permanent; I wouldn't mind being able to shell out 20000 aurum for an advanced battlesuit BPO that would give me, oh, say 500 copies of a suit I can already use. The key words are the last 4; "that I can already use." That's allowing me to supplement my ISK with cold hard cash if I choose to, not letting me brute about in gear more advanced than I should be able to use just because I'm some brat spending Daddy's cash or some yuppie drone with no life and nothing better to do with me life.

While there are no AUR items with directly-applicable benefits, there are some which have better fitting stats than the ISK equivalent. Those are arguably pay-to-win, and in many cases when something like that has been pointed out, CCP have either removed the item or adjusted the stats to be in line with the ISK version.