I was excited for this and played the first test. It has a great team behind it but sadly I can't see myself or my friend group playing this after finding out that they will adopt old Cipsoft monetization. We're in 2025, not 2004.
The amount of effort that went towards making gameplay balanced and not selling power, but failing to see the gap between someone who is Free-To-Play and Premium is incredibly ironic. You can't claim to not sell power but have that type of disparity between paying and non-paying players.
This isn't a "need" to pay the team for their work, and I'm not arguing against people making money for their work. There are many other avenues that can be explored to incentivize your players to support you.