just my two cents...
you wont be able to buy ingame money forever, this game does have a planned economy with 90% of the economy being NPCs and being able to buy a significant amount of ingame dosh is bad for it.
as for the Pay2Win, you can just earn ingameingameception cash to rent whatever you want, including things that you cant buy with money as of now, and you can extend your rent as much as you want.
well, you just have to actually play it to get points and then get the ingameingame cash for renting, dont worry, you get extra points from "underdog bonus" for defeating a superior ship.
also, like greentext, winning is subjective...