No, for a few reasons. (Destiny)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 17:46 (3254 days ago) @ electricpirate

Something I notcied on the update page,

Both Chroma and Taken-themed gear can be found in Sterling Treasures. Three Sterling Treasures can be obtained each week by visiting the Postmaster after each weekly reset, successfully completing one Level 41 Prison of Elders activity, and completing one match in the featured Weekly Crucible Playlist.

Additional Sterling Treasures can also be purchased via Tess Everis in the Eververse Trading Company stores.

Chroma is obv. fine, that's a cosmetic. But the taken theme weapons means.... paying real money for weapon drops. So yea.

I actually have a fairly nuanced view of P2W, F2P and such (as my current addiction to Clash Royale connects) but if you are a "NO P2W stuff." In a sense, I wouldn't even by that bothered by it. But I am very bothered by the "NO NEVER GONNA DO P2W!" then slowly sneaking it in.

1. There were no weapons (or even Ghosts) shown to be Sterling Treasure rewards. All of the stuff shown was Armor (with 3 Light), with a chance to get stuff like Bonds and Chroma stuff.

2. Everyone is flat-out handed Sterling Treasure every week, as well as having a couple of easy drops for it, so nobody has to buy it to get ahead.

3. Even if it dropped weaponry (again, it doesn't), it would be at Light Level 3, so you'd have to sacrifice other gear (including Legendaries) to bring it up, making it no better than the gear you already had from a Light Level perspective.