World of Warcraft players on the game's official subreddit are currently involved in discussions about a difficult question that has reared its head multiple times over the past few days in the game's community What is WoW pay-to-win? WoTLK Gold. will spending money on the game using microtransactions result in faster or better game play?

The discussion was initiated by a user on reddit named Citrinitas696. who began the discussion with the provocative issue: "How is WoW not P2W? Disprove this image." As of this writing the article, the Reddit thread had more than 1.300 comments.

How is WoW not P2W? Disprove this image from wow

The main point of argument is whether WoW Token is a game feature. WoW Token is, in essence, a strategy to pay-to-win. Introduced in 2015 in the Warlords Of Draenor expansion the WoW Token serves multiple purposes. For players who require in-game gold, they are able to purchase The WoW Token from Blizzard for $20. The token, good for 30 days of gaming time that normally must be bought using real money, can then be traded in-game through WoW's auctionhouse for gold. The process is as follows:

Player buys WoW Token for actual money.Player is able to sell WoW Token for gold from the game at the auction house.Another buy WoTLK Classic Gold player purchases the WoW Token with gold in order to receive 30 days of gameplay time.