Been playing for 462 days as of writing. I'm f2p. It's possible to reach Plasma 5 and have decent set of gears and heroes, even permanent skins, without spending. It just takes A LOT of time and active participation in events to do so. Of course, hoarding and knowing when to upgrade helps. The game gets repetitive after 4-6 months - you're basically doing the same thing everyday, except for when there are special events (which could also be the same thing over and over - just renamed). Only played this long because of the friends I made in game. Otherwise, I would have quit long time ago. The game is becoming a chore at this point. Only logging in, and doing the things that would give me items for important upgrades. They have new feature to be released on next updates - newer states get them. Older states gets behind to the point they become dead states. Been waiting for the merger for a year now - still nothing. In game bullies are everywhere. You'd get attacked frequently if you're f2p and not in top alliance. It's harder to grow, worse, you'd quit right away. Just find a way to deal with them, because the moderators or even devs wont do anything about it. For me - autoblock them and keep an eye out for war if there's any. Oh dramas too. Lots of dramas from state. In the state I'm in, it's mostly guys getting all dramatic. Bugs. Bugs everywhere too. lmao. Customer Service/support is poor. I have been submitting tickets on bugs and other issues - so far none of them addressed properly. You'll get the auto-standard reply. Even on discord - mods will just tell you to close, force close, restart, etc. If it's a massive in game issue - they'll just apologize and give poor compensation. Poor - as in items you'd never need unless you're a new account. I'd give 2 stars. Not totally bad, but not that good either. Good way to kill time or play idly. It might have been a good game for me if I did spend. Game's a money pit. But my money is already on another game - game I really like. lol