This game is totally a P2P game. From starting itself you will find there are players gaining 200M+ might in few hours. It takes 1M gems alone to max buildings that require tomes. Research takes days in start and months later and only a P2P player can do that fast. No matter even if you progress as a F2P(As IGG claims F2P players have achieved good, its completely false) you will be zeroed by P2P player. It takes hell lots of resources to train and heal troops impossible for F2P to collect it.