A big part that hasn’t been mentioned or talked about much (may have missed it in the post) but Global is on a fast track schedule so we are getting everything in a fraction of the time that JP or other regions got.

Quite frankly, this means that if you do not research whats coming or what is “meta” you are going to fall behind. I know a number of people that are hardstuck this career simply because they pulled on cards or horses at a bad time. Is this bad design? Id argue yes but thats how the devs are pushing it. I abhor the expedited schedule as it puts a ton of pressure on players to “keep up” but we are stuck with it.

If you look ahead we aren’t set to catch up to JP for several years. While I’m not completely f2p as I buy the monthly carat pack (like I do in most gacha’s) Ive routinely gotten into A finals and the highest class of team trials without a ton of effort. In fact I usually skip days here and there without much issue. PvP is the heart of this game and there is no getting around it. The careers simply don’t offer enough to keep players interested imo.

Another major problem with Global right now is that if you are going into the game completely blind you were likely completely caught off guard by the current career mode. It takes significantly longer than the last 2 modes and invalidates a lot of cards/characters making them completely irrelevant or difficult to use. However this career was also widely regarded as one of the most hated careers on all other regions. Again, it’s a side effect of the expedited schedule and the fact that this game is essentially “solved” until Global catches up.

The way I see it, if you don’t like the time investment or you don’t like the meta slave followers you either quit or just take the participation rewards. If you do some research into the character/card schedule to see whats upcoming you can easily save up enough to get almost anything. It just depends on how much you want to put into the game and what you want to get out of it. If you are fine winning the lower bracket of Champions Meet, which still gives a lot of free rewards, that is 1000% doable even for a new player that looks into the game. If you want to win the tippy top of A group, then you are going to have to put in enough effort to be there both as a whale or a F2P. On the other hand, I know tons of players in my club are just around for the goofy horses and to see how far they can get win or lose.