I think they are lacking cash shop.
With a purchase you can unlock skill points. But you get enough skillpoints to keep upgrading skills throughout the match. By the time you run out of the newbie-skillpoints, the game has already been decided (by which team has dominated in the first 20min or in survival - the winners of the first two rounds will be rich). Also, 80%+ of the players right now have no idea how to upgrade skills in the first-place! This is because it is not in the tutorial, and is different than in MOBAs I have played.

TL;DR - cash shop is going to give you a cooler-looking ship, as well as an extra upgrade to your lategame skills. It is not going to matter in your first 50 games.