User blog comment:.Rakle./Monster Hunter Online Information Blog Post/@comment-178.10.67.241-20130512194941/@comment-8603490-20130513150321

I highly doubt that it will be pay to win, otherwise it would change the overall gameplay of grinding out monster after ponster to get our weapons to their maximum potential, there will most likely be purchasable cosmetic items or char. Models, or have a small p2p section with bonus quests.

-Blade