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That's a needlessly childish argument. There is no version of any game you can play unless you put money down, whether it be the software, a system to play it on, or an internet connection of some sort. You have to buy a Monopoly board before you can play, but no one is going to argue that it's a Pay to Play game.
If I want to play SWTOR I can download it and I can play it and have paid nothing at all. There is no outlay at all, if I don't like it so what I paid nothing anyway.
If I want to play GW2 I have to pay $60, if I don't like it I wasted $60.
Free to play means free, you can't call something free if you have to pay the creators $60 for it. It's not even 1 charge to play because the whole idea of the game is to continnue to keep buying expansion packs for as long as they support the game, in effect it's $60 + however many expansions they bring out.
It's black and white, it's either free or it's not free.
Honestly, if I had to bet money on it I would say they will add a cash shop during p2p with vanity pets and cosmetics and then go free to play (with optional sub) within the first year and then offer the proper cash shop stuff like XP boosts etc.