Do not play unless you want to pay to play

[Shock]

Ofcourse there are benefits. Not such small ones even as said before.
But power and skill levels aren't the only things that matter in game.
They have to have knowledge about the game too. Formations, runes, gear.
Plenty big spenders don't quite know what they're doing. Hence the coining. Just toss in some bucks and they'll be strong. Well that only does not do the trick.
Because you don't even need to coin (that much) to get powerfull in this game. So anyone throwing in huge amounts of money is not really being that smart either..

See if they coin a lot and they know what they're doing.. well tough luck beating em.

Those are good points, but I do have "noobs" VIP 6 and 7 in my guild on server 29. I am #3 in rankings and they are both 1 million power+ ahead of me. I won't catch up, even if they don't know what they are doing.

(Add: I am VIP2)

[The Luda]

yeah a mill power is hard to catch up with without spending.
Never claimed that you can beat em all.. just saying that overall you do have a chance of ending up at the top. Like you. You made it to 3 right.