2 years... Pay to play... I played free but I can see how it's pushing out the non pay player out once the kingdoms start competing with older kingdoms. Not worth it in the long run. You can grind but if you can't get a castle to level 28 fast before the kingdoms start matching up and you aren't in the top 1-2 guilds you aren't going to be much of a factor on the weekly battles. If your kingdom hasn't been together from the start.. once you get to fighting other kingdoms.. you wasted your time.