I played this for a a LOT of years. And I can tell you of all the online strategy games like this. This one is the most pay to win. Your not prepared to spend at least 500 bucks a week you won't stay relevent in the game. Lots of of other games give you much more for less. It's very laggy and has had the same bugs for years the devs don't fix, but would rather open more servers to increase strain. Play a different game.