im a free to player and i reached super kage in about 3 days, im 1 point away from beign six paths sennin but the arena que is being a b1tch that the season reset came and i still havent managed to find a match to win and move to six paths. i just noticed that i almost get matched most of the time with powers near mine, and since im a f2p that focuses all my resources in refining my initiative from the very beggining refine came available, i always go first and win most of the time and lose a couple to obvious pay to win players withing my power range. i say as f2p the most advantage you can get is a head start in the server and the will to get coupon in anyway possible and dump it all on your refines, you are not a casher with spare ingots to buy ninjas with coupons so avoid it.