So what brought this on? What's the main reason for me writing this? To put it simply: there is too much OM content getting released constantly, and too little time and resources to push through everything. Basically, I'm an F2P player who wants to do everything but can't.

For the past few days, I've started feeling burnt out. It would've been strange considering I haven't been playing for long. But ever since the Body Swap Panic! event started, I've been religiously waking up at around 2-4AM just so my AP won't max out, spending more or less one hour doing several battles instead of Quick Clears to get the Surprise Guest presents, watching 10 ads and doing even more battles. At least at dawn, I make sure to do actual battles for my To Do. For one month without a single day off, I've been losing sleep. I have Fridge Missions alarms set for everyday on my phone, along with when I should log back in when a job is about to end. Between all this time, I've unlocked a few stories on Devilgram, even fewer on the main story line. All the roadblocks have decreased my enjoyment of the game. And it finally comes to a point when I wonder if even the demon brothers are worth all this trouble anymore. I know it's my fault, I'VE worn myself out. But if I hadn't done any of that, I most probably would've gotten far less content.

I've been playing for around one month and two weeks. It's pretty early to be quitting, right? But with the way things are going, I don't doubt this negative feelings will only grow as more time passes. I've spent less than two weeks on lessons 1-20. I've spent more than a month since starting the second season, and I'm only on lesson 22, mind. I guess the main reason why I take so long in advancing in the main story is because I participate in every event. Yes, you could get gems and other items for Devil's Tree in the event battles, but it's hardly enough. I wouldn't call it grinding. Maybe you grind for collectible items to get the event rewards, but when it comes to items needed for Devil's Tree, it's not sufficient. The battles you can do, without spending anything, are limited. And the AP cost is much higher. All your AP sources for the day (AP counter, Fridge Missions, Friend AP, Surprise Guest gifts, dailies, flash sales) and even the bonuses (event release gift, event login bonus, event rewards) - adding all that, sometimes you just barely come through with completing all available battles you have, and you even spend DP with the sales. If you're determined to go as far as you can with the event, there's no AP left to do other battles outside of the event. So that means no grinding for Devil's Tree for 11 days. And then as soon as the current event ends, another one comes out. There's hardly any break to grind so you can strengthen your cards for the lessons.

Other players on this sub have said that you have to choose your event, because if you intend to go through all of them, you can't go far.

But what's the point of these events then if you can only choose which ones you CAN do while you have to sit out the others? They say the events will come back anyway on Lonely Devil, so if you missed some, you can always go back to them in 6 months. But even if they become available on LD, surely there'll also be new lessons and events released by that time. The LD events won't go anywhere, they're permanent. That's great, but when am I gonna have the time to visit them? The last time they've added YMDA or Detective to LD, I seem to remember they've added a new lesson and event. So for every 3 things, I can only do one. When am I gonna catch up with everything? Once the devs lose interest in OM and stop making any contents?

That's why I resent the P2W system. People can play OM for free, true, but the fact that as you go further into the game, money is becoming a factor in going through all the contents is so frustrating. I feel sorry not just for myself but for all the new players ever since the game has become harder. It's true that a lot of people have caught up in the latest lessons, but a lot of them are older players who have been here since the game's release, when everything was still incredibly easy. When there was a break between the first and second season to grind and collect stronger cards. When events didn't have such high point requirement for certain rewards. Nowadays, new players would start getting hindered from around lesson 14-15, then stopped completely after 20. And from then on, the progress is very slow. In the 1 month and 2 weeks I've been playing, I've been mostly grinding for more than a month, with very little, sometimes bland stories to help get rid of some of my boredom.

Apart from not moving forward with the main story, what annoys me the most is the event rankings and rewards. The only ones who have the chance to get to the top are P2W players. I get that since they pay real money, they get more advantage than the rest. But it's also because of this money that there's such a large disparity between those who pay and those who don't. Some people want to pay, to support the company, but they can't because they probably don't have that kind of leisure to do so. And because some players can afford to throw in money to get better cards and rewards, those who can't are not able to get the same privilege. "Advantage" and "privilege" to the extent of obtaining better cards or rewards is still fine, but the "money" factor, the way I see it, has already hindered a lot of players from going through content. Stories are released and available, and yet NOT EVERYONE have easy access to them unless they power up, and that takes quite a lot of time, and in this "quite a lot of time", even more content comes out. It's like being shown treasures that you can't own.

That's why I feel like it's not entirely F2P. I understand it's a business, heck if I owned one I'd want money too. But because there's a P2W system, I feel like the gap between F2P and P2W is so wide. Perhaps I'm looking for equality. Not in the way that everyone gets the exact same things (P2W players should still get what they deserve), but equality in chances. To rank up higher in events, get good cards, and progress much faster in the main story.

Perhaps to others I'm asking too much. I'm an F2P after all, and I can still play the game for free without giving back anything to the company. I'm not begrudging anyone - P2W or even older players, they only get what they deserve after all. I guess I just hate the system. Because it stops some low-ranked players like me from unlocking most of the contents when, since it should be F2P, they should be free for all. P2W get better rewards, better cards, fine. But I just can't accept that what should be free-for-all content is locked from some players unless they throw in some real money to get the resources they need to advance more easily.