Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-72.191.8.230-20151104071900/@comment-98.27.140.233-20151110023448

For F2P it IS hard. The AP to quest ratio is harsh at higher levels allowing you only to do a few quests a day. Gems don't come easy and when you're at high levels you would have done most of the character quests which gives them, thus leaving you with no other options. The Challenge Recruit is a good way to get units but this takes 2000 points and it will take you a long time to get these. You get +25 for a friend used. It is best to use when there are several recruits offer and not just one. You're chances are signicantly increase because of this.

Since trying to get a good recruit is abysmal you're better saving them until they have rate ups, which is still pathetic. A 5% increase to a 5% rate is really sad. I wouls save your gems until they have the half off for expanding your bag to hold more.

As suggested above it is best if you keep rerolling the game until you get 3 good starting units with the free recruits from training. These three will take you further in the story, allowing for more gems, items and such.