Horse mount = Hideous and blandCash Shop = Sexy mountPay to Win. What is winning, you might ask? That's a subjective question. Anything that's advantageous as opposed to having to grind your life away for something is technically "pay to win", because winning again, is subjective. Way to be a smartass about it.
mounts confirmed pay2win
But realistically, Runescape is still a thriving MMO if you enjoy questing and grinding plus it has nostalgia value to it. Warframe is another good MMO but it is very grind heavy
GW2 only mmo worth playing besides WoW and PW
Only true players played GW1 with proper PvP for 6 years before the shit new release. Granted that GW2 is decent even though they screwed up mesmer and removed monk and many other good professions