“You never mentioned Mechanics. You have just interjected mechanics in because you don’t have anything else to go on.”
A big part of this topic is how cosmetics don’t impact gameplay mechanics and that’s what I’ve been talking about all this time, while all of you were getting triggered of the idea of someone buying a cosmetic item for real money and getting it NOW instead of grinding it out or hoping to get it from an RNG box while all of this does not impact gameplay mechanics / balance. Cosmetics are not pay 2 win :)
If you could buy weapons and such for real money then yes, I would agree with you that it’s a complete non sense. Gameplay mechanics progression should be done by earning / grinding, yes, it impacts the game and how you play and what you experience directly, but definitely not cosmetics that give 0 boosts of any kind gameplay mechanics wise :)