Board Thread:Game Discussions/@comment-24.84.193.87-20131119045343/@comment-23870891-20131119065940

Casuals only win in pay to play games. Gree makes their money by making players buy and spend gems, but still gives free players small chances to get gems and the associated prizes. This is so they keep playing and the heavy spending players have someone to crush.

That being said, the getting epics does not equal instant OP status. Players who pay to get them rarely have the dedication to push them past level 70, and until that point, they are not better then legendary+. I imagine that on the ios platform, the players with teams of epic and epic+ maxed number less then 300 (based on my experience in the arena, which is the only place it really matters) vs thousands of casuals. Get a few boss+ armors to level 70, then be amazed and watch the epics crumble.