• Authors of those ftp threads seriously need to understand this- you cant compete with paying players. The same way as casual spenders cant compete with heavy spenders. If you want to be competitive, you need a certain bracket of people- compete with your other ftp fellows or find something else that makes you enjoy the game. Trust me, finding such thing makes the game a lot more pleasant :-)

You also need to understand, there is also a limit that a P2W player can get and that a F2P can get. And that gap will eventually close. Refines, Charms, Purifies, magatama, Myoboku stuff, Battle Armor are all limited to a set amount of power they can give. Which F2P can eventually max out on while P2W can max out sooner. Ninjas however, some are Ingot only either on release or Ingot only period.

YASSSS!!! ALL OF THIS!!!! I'm f2p on S4 with about 112k bp and I've been playing for 2yrs now.. I'm top25 for the most part. I've never thought I could compete with the p2w folks. Sure I miss getting all the super op ninja, but you grind away and save all your refines, keys, coupons, and thread until an event comes around you can still stay pretty powered up. It took me almost 9mon to get Edo Deidra, and now I'm working on Earth Grudge Kakuzu which will probably take me another 6mon.

What I'm trying to say is that you can still do well in the game as long as you don't try to compete with the p2w. Just have fun and grind away.