"G1975;c-1804561" wrote:
Unfortunately DuneSeaFarmer that's all the players I have unless I spend money to get better ones or wait until I have earned enough points to unlock them. George
Well, that's the point that is being made though...you focus and work towards getting the shards to unlock the specific characters you need. The game is definitely a grind. There are people who have been playing for 3 years and definitely don't have everything maxed (because of the continual adding of new characters I should probably add). But if you advance enough, even as a free to play, you can max star a character in a few weeks these days.
Whether you spend or not, the game requires at least some daily time commitment to be competitive. If you just want to be casual, make peace with that and enjoy the things you can do in game. If you are committed to at least some daily play, you also want to get out of any Starter Guild you're in and join an actively managed one.