This might sound hypocrite coming from a level freezer like myself. But I think level freezing is a mistake and a wrong thing to do now.

This whole lv freezing happened when we first have cross servers sage where most strong people already at max level (highest sage). So lesser strong people started to freeze for adv refine in lower sage. However overtime you can see all 9 sweet spots in all sage brackets filled with strong players. And trust me, there are more than 9 monsters in each sage bracket no matter what level you freeze.

So in order to get that sweet spot, not only you will have to catch up with strong players who probably also spending a lot of money but to beat them and take their place. You are only starting out, I doubt you can do it unless you pay a huge amount of money into this game.

We are at the end of 5.0, there are many ways to obtain adv rune for free that make level freeze not worth it anymore. Another thing is level play a big part in actual fight. The lower level player when fight against a high level player will take level penalty to their secondary stats thus make them a lot weaker than the higher level even if they are on the same power. This happen to me in matsuri all the time, I can't crit or my crit dmg deal very low to people who are at 104 105 when I'm only 84 even tho both side has around 200k bp.

So yes, level freeze nowaday is bullsh!tery, stop listen to those veteran players who probably play years ahead of you. The best way to play the game now is to stop doing plot instance after you unlock all the orbs. Feel free to do all other activities. But unless you are a heavy spender, then sure. Freeze whenever you want.

Ever heard of crowd effect? I bet most people in that huge player base you mention don't even know what they are doing and why they are doing it.

Level freeze indeed has it benefits like you will get higher chance to get into top 3 sage depend on your spending level and your resource management skill. Also, matsuri.

However like I said, level freezing is not for everyone, especially f2p and small p2p. You lose more than you gain most of the time.

How many months you think it would take for an average joe to not only catch up to top 9 players in his sage bracket let alone surpass some of them to be in top 9? To catch up with these people in sage you need to spend more than them, spend wiser than them or just out right use 3rd party tool to cheat because as you moving forward in power, they also move forward and with a faster speed than you if you r not spending.

Then let talk about Matsuri, there are guides to give you higher chance to get 5 wins in matsuri without level freezing but I'm lazy so I won't write it down here. I want to talk about disadvantage a freeze level will encounter in this event. When you meet a higher level oppoenent you will get sub stats penalty which mean you will be a lot weaker than them even tho both of you on the same power. You can ask any veteran player who has decent knowledge about the game mechanic and they will tell you the same thing.

That disadvantage from matsuri will carry over to space time and other events like TG and GNW. Also just take a second to think, if you freeze level but a random guy at lv 95-105 are gaining equal if not more resources than you, will it still worth?

So conclusion, before anyone start to freeze, they should be prepare a solid spending plan and money to make it worth the risk else don't even bother. However if you start the game in a fresh space time cluster then freezing may be a good idea but currently? Nah.

But hey, as a level freezer it's actually a good thing for us if new people keep freezing in our sage bracket blindly hoping for a day they can beat us. They will refill our sage bracket so we won't get merge with higher bracket and these players will be food for the whales and long time freezers.