The main issue here is that the game did not inform anyone that there is a limit to how many people can participate. Something has to be done with the dev team who don't listen to feedback, and constantly hold information from us.

It's a over reaction yes, but the correct action of voicing our concerns/opinions are getting us no where.

It just goes to show that there are problems everywhere. Population too low, then you can't do things. Population too high, you can't do things.

I was just wondering what do you mean by "Stop being lazy and actually do something."? I am a free to play player who is actively involved in the forums and in game. I have been playing on my server since day one, run my own group, make sure to do all my dailies, and participate in every daily event. Even though I do as much as I can (I think all I can at least) there are still paying players that are just out of my reach that I can never compete against.

I know that isn't the point of this thread, but it just really grinds my gears when people generalize the F2P player base.

You said it in your 4th paragraph of your original comment in this thread. Also I think that you are misunderstanding a lot of F2P player's concerns. It's not that they want stuff for free, but rather they want the chance to earn instead of buying. Right now the game is set up so that you either buy your way to the top, or save coupons for upwards of 8 months to buy things that P2P players can get with their wallets. Sometimes F2P players don't get any chance at P2P items, like the blade that was being sold for 699 ingots. F2P players as of now can't get a ninja tool blade.

This hyper generalization and alienation of the F2P player base needs to be taken care of. I understand how it must feel being a mod that has to listen to all the complaints, but rather than chalking everything up to "whining" (also something you said in 4th paragraph) take it as feedback and take a good look at the concerns.

This guy preaches the truth

Your publishers Bandai have a game called "One Piece Treasure Cruise", they let people know about events sometimes a month a head of time.

If the game was more focused on PVE then having paying players get a clear advantage wouldn't be that bad. All that would mean is that F2P players have to try harder to do the same thing. But Naruto Online is very PVP focused, and even PVE event rewards are gated behind leaderboard positions. This is where the problem comes in. Having a group of players being at a clear advantage over other groups of players in PVP scenarios is just plain unfair. I'm not saying that paying players shouldn't get anything nor that free players should get everything, but rather there are better ways to do micro transactions. Again your publisher Bandai do this very well, but to be honest I haven't played a free PVP focused game of theirs.

I know that you are not OPTC, was simply answering your question "What games does something like this ?" that you asked.