“Dear player, we recommend you join an active player-created clan. That would allow you to collect tons of free gifts and get lots of help from your allies.”Those player-created clans the developers tell you to join are comprised of paying players – most of them paying very dearly – and they don’t want members who aren’t also big spenders, because guess what? The whole clan benefits when one of its players spends money. There’s no room for freeloaders. Yes, you can *technically* play Total Battle without spending money. You can also technically visit a Michelin Star restaurant without spending money – as long as you don’t plan on eating. Total Battle is also buggy AF. And many of the bugs – and I’m sure this is a Total Coincidence – just happen to result in players losing actual money. And if you bring it to Support for remediation, they dismiss and ignore you – as if you’re the crook, as if you’re somehow defrauding them when in fact they are defrauding you.The truth about Total Battle is it’s a massive sinkhole for your money. For less than $40/month, you can’t make meaningful progress beyond the first 5 days of gameplay. Most active players spend hundreds of dollars per month, and I know plenty who’ve spent thousands before waking up and quitting this “game”.