Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-72.240.12.100-20150318111521/@comment-25045164-20150319013729

If you wish not to spend money, the only way is to save up stocked fuel and avoid actively participating lengthy tournaments like the current one. As free players, we shouldn't expect to get any good rewards when going up against the Aigaions (the whales) in the top ranks, even Top 1000. "Whales" is a term to define the users who repeatedly spend money on something. They are a good source of income. So, if PA wishes to make a mother lode out of these whales via fuel, there's little we free guys can do. PA doesn't expect most of us to win some good stuff from the tournaments anyway. So, lower your bar. I did it too. ACI is a conventional F2P-P2W in terms of business.

Also, even though Forced Sorties for this tournament would last very long, holding Forced Sorties for as long as a tournament isn't a new pattern. This one you can see in all tournaments as how Forced Sorties would begin later but end at the same time as the tournaments. So, if you see a tournament that lasts longer than a week, it's one that you should avoid wasting stocked fuel in. All this goes back to the first sentence.