Beyond P2W, it's now pay to play. You can't even complete milestones in events without paying money. Simulated Blitz was suppose to speed things up, it just made an already bad game mode frustrating. They continue to use blitz for character releases & events. The game is dying. Alliances can't find players for the level of content they are doing. If you take 1 too many lower level players you may have to drop down a raid, which will make other members drop out. Last ditch effort to get as much $