It’s a freemium game. That means, you can do everything anyone else can do, without paying. It’s just going to be harder. That doesn’t make it P2W. A P2W game gates certain content ONLY behind a pay wall. Paying players have an appreciable advantage that is not attainable, in any way, without paying.
That’s simply not what’s happening here, and you’re miscategorizing it.
well, 1 win at arena gives you less gold than you invested into playing an arena…
it might technicaly be a win, but without another 2-3 wins, you’re still not gaining anything…you’re losing