This game progressively gets updated to make things way harder than free to play players can actually achieve. Most events are such a grind and no fun. This game used to be fun before everything became about forcing the player to pay to get better. This game has become garbage.
I am a new player and I'd be willing to pay. Except the game is designed like it doesn't want my money. Every purchase is a separate credit card transaction, rather than buying an amount of in game currency for use on purchases like every other pay to win game in existence. Surely it maximizes visa fees and discourages payment so they can't be benefiting from this set up. There is not enough information to make an effective purchase, a person could spend a couple grand and still not be able to participate in events in a meaningful way. Worse still they only use a scummy payment processor, I got a lock on my card and a call from the bank when I tried to make a purchase, only to look up epoch on better business bureau. I am literally trying to give them money and the game just isn't set up to do it safely or well.