I would not recommend this app for any newcomers. It is a very expensive game. You can not get ahead unless you are prepared to spend thousands of dollars. Furthermore, new comers will never win the main events: Cross Tribunals (because as a newcomer you are competing against players who have built up their strength over years), This is also true of other strength events such as Evil Queen, Territory War etc. Then there are the contests associated with strength building such as power event and aptitude event. In these contests the people who generate the most power for their player win the top prizes (1st place through 3rd place). Winning these top prizes ensures that these players continue to dominate in all events. The developers need to place players into categories according to their strength so that players starting out are only competeing with players at the same power level. So beginners with power of 0 to 10 million only compete with those players. As you move past one million you go into an apprentice category and compete with players.in the 10.1 million to 100 million and the next category would be 100.1 to 1 billion and so on. This would allow new players to compete on a more even playing field within the server they are put on when they join. You can spend money to advance (money buys gold which buys prizes such as baron or duke clothing, power balls and hearts and hairpins which increase the intimacy and talents of concubines. But the people who spent thousands to quickly boost their power now win all these prizes and they don't need to spend much money anymore. A lot of new players join and then see they are never going to be able to win anything significant and they abandon the game this in turn has a negative impact on the alliance they were in because they lose members and the alliance is no longer viable. When your alliance has a bunch of inactive members and you leave to join another alliance you lose one half of the individual alliance points you accumulated and then you have less point to buy certain things in the alliance store. It is a poorly conceived game that does not reward beginners.