Jeez, you really were offended. "Pay to win" came from the fact that people can and will just buy items. I don't want someone to be better than me just because they can buy the best stuff while I have to work for it. A lot of the fun in these games is killing stuff, saving up gold, and working for the best stuff. It what makes games fun for me.
See it goes both ways, you really are offended by my reply to your ranting ey?
Buying items from other players has been there since D2 if not D1 but alot of the times scamming was a risk, which now isn't due to RMAH.
Paying to win occurs in any game where you can buy BOE items (items which can be traded). That said, there is no such a thing as pay to win, sure the items boost your throughout-put but if you are a noob, you will always be one regardless of gear that you payed to win. If you are good you can still obtain the gear the harder way and still be competitive. You can get boosted in WoW, buy gold and BOE items yet you are still noob and you will be destroyed when you step into the arena or doing HC10/25. The biggest bottleneck is the player.
You say alot of the fun in these games is killing stuff and saving up gold and I agree, but what halts you from doing that? This isn't an e-sport game and most of the time you work as a team. In PvP when it enters D3 later this year, you will still be destroyed if you are terrible player regardless of the gear unless the gear-gap is huge which in that case its an obvious loss due to being undergeared.
You have a point, I agree with it but it has been around in most online RPGs for a very long time and its nothing knew. Online RPGs are simply not for you.
We can keep going around circles. Gear does not make YOU better, it just gives you a boost. You are the still same old noob (not directed at you).
Edit:
RMAH - Blizzard's cut is big. Direct trading will be just as popular as it was in D2.Oh and Hardcore mode does not have RMAH as its not available there.
PS:
When talking about MoP (Mists of Pandaria) people simply reply with (lol pandas) which implies its going to be a joke of an expansion. Its kind of a meme thing, not everyone gets it, its just you got very "touche" on the matter.
With 4 players only per game I am def going to be eye balling other hack and slashes.
Yes it really sucks, but many have said that this is because of WoW and Blizzard wants to keep players subbed to WoW rather then making D3 open up more players which would drive more subs off WoW into D3 (no subs in D3 = money lost for Blizzard). This is pure marketing, typical Blizzard.