Another gatcha defiled by greed. I stepped away from the game for 130 some odd days, revisited, and I see not much has changed. Progression is noted only gated, but sealed in a box, bound in chains, and tossed into a volcano. Character development moves at a pace equal to that of a snail traversing a salt mine. The game itself is absolutely gorgeous, sadly the blatant greed makes it frustrating to play. Example: you’re “lucky,” and FINALLY pull that one card you’ve been chasing, it’s only the beginning of a very long “grind.” Skill ups take weeks or even months to accomplish given that it requires the proper amount of duplicate cards, skill books (30 SHARDS per book), or combination of (1 duplicate, 2 skill books etc.). The micro transactions are set up to entice the player with the ONE coveted item, the rest is just fluff, items that can be easily farmed for in game. I can go on and on about how badly the devs want the green. The game itself is worthy of play, just don’t expect to develop a card, let alone an entire TEAM to viability in just a matter of a few weeks. I’m sure even whales have dropped more $ than they were comfortable dropping. It’s whales vs. guppies.TL;DR: beautiful game, good concept, blatantly obvious it’s go broke to win. May future players have the patience and/or the bank account to experience any kind of noticeable progression.