Technically, iera isn't "Pay To Win" It's "Pay for Convenience".
You can buy packs to get more base currency with which you buy everything. Usually in "Pay to Win" games there are systems or whole areas of the game completely locked or impossible for a player who doesn't pay to access.

For instance- the game Archeage contains a whole segment of the game that is basically locked to paying users. You can technically get it with in game money but it charges by the month and if you don't have this VIP member purchase every month you are completely locked out of most end-game content relating to that games home ownership system and farming ect. Actually- pretty much anything by Perfect World Entertainment.

There's also games like DCUO which lock story and level content to users who pay while claiming that they are "Free to Play"

Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes has heroes which can ONLY be obtained through premium cash-only currency. That's your gold standard.

There's a massive different between paying for convenience and paying for a legitimate advantage. iEra has it's problems yes, but we don't lock any content off from anyone who is willing to work towards buying the gun ect. The level systems for jobs also sort of help this goal (ie; mining levels cause you to mine quicker each level you gain).

iEra is 100% skill based when it comes down to how competitve play works and MPX ect. Take the rebalancing with it's silver linings too, now you don't HAVE to buy a BAR to be competitive so it will take you less time to get a decent gun, surely that's a good thing