By this logic coh 1 was also P2W because brits or PE just might be better than US or Wehr on some maps.
So your logic would be to make ost/sov better than USF/Brits/OKW at every single thing or COH 2 would be pay to win.
That or make USF AND OKW unable to play with SOV/OST. What terrible logic.
in coh1 Wehr and US where always better than the other factions on most maps. This is why you almost never saw the other factions in tourneys.
No, to my logic, relic had to sell the whole game in one single package, only making things for sale which are not affecting the players abilities in-game. It simply is the definition of p2w. I am not against p2w, I am against their policy to focus too much on new content rather than make this game great.
And yes, then the players would have to pay more for actually playing this game, this is a disadvantage.