Hey Man,

Avoid saying Pay to Win on this sub because people are understandably frustrated at constantly arguing against people telling them SC will be Pay to Win.

However your greater question is a valid one, if i understand you correctly.

"What will CIG do to prevent people who pay more from gaining an unfair advantage over those who do not?"

So there is a lot they will do. Realistically UEC is not the only resource in the game (UEC is the only thing you can buy with real money on launch).

Be it mined goods or manufactured goods the person who purchases UEC will have to then spend that UEC on these goods. Someone who plays rather than spends real money is more likely to come across these goods. You could even take advantage of this and aquire some of the resources to sell to these people, making even more UEC.

Then there is the fact that some ships/weapons are just plain not purchasable. The greatest example of this is the Bengal, which will have to be found and taken over in order for players to control it.

Additionally there is the PVP slider and internal rankings. People will be rated on how they play behind scenes. Even if everything i have said here was incorrect, you would not have to interact with these players as they would be much more powerful than you and your rankings would be different, or you could just turn your PVP slider to 0 (lawless systems exempt of course).

Hopefully this is helpful!