Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-72.240.12.100-20150318111521/@comment-1824272-20150318210807

This is a free-to-play game. If someone really wanted to fly with the emblem or skin of a particular squadron, they'd have to cough up the cash. That's how tournaments work, and I don't blame Bandai Namco for seeing fit to implement them in that way. My problem with the tournament system is the fact that so-called "seal clubbers" are not dealt with, to prevent the system from being so easy to cheat by abusing low-rank players.

If you really, really want something in a free-to-play game, you're going to spend real-life money. That's how free-to-play works. Nothing new here.