Pay to win? Dude.
First of all, in every MMORPG with microtransactions you have to pay with either time or time+mall to get strong. There is no other way, you cant expect to play 1 hour daily and be the strongest in server.
Here in Pirateking Online it's one of the less P2W MMORPGs out there. You can't just mall to be strong. Even if you bought 10k Rums, what can you get?
A stack of HBs and Nanas, some cool looking wings and appareal. Most OP item in Mall are rings, but they are sold so cheap that anyone can get them from mallers. You can't buy BoEs, you can't buy DoEs, you can't buy full death set, you cant buy CA set... Nothing, 0 equips.
Malling here allows you to spend less time gaming to become stronger (thanks to fruits, CBs, etc), but it doesn't allow you not to play at all. For example, a guy who malls and plays 6 hours daily is more or less as strong as a guy who doesn't mall and plays 12 hours daily. That's all.
Look at the strongest people ingame. They are mostly mallers, yes, but they also play the game over 12 hours a day.
I think you are just a crybaby and that this vanilla server is not for you.
Peace