Achaea is not pay to play. You don't have to pay to play, and you don't have to pay to advance. Thus, it's not pay to play.
Given that the majority of our players never pay, it's hard to argue that you need to play. Perhaps the subtleties of language are beyond you, but "pay to pl ay" seems quite obvious to me. It's not the same as "pay-to-purchase-virtual-currency."
--matt
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