User blog comment:Manapot3/Mana's VC Blog 2/@comment-27689447-20160424161404/@comment-25435121-20160425170102

I don't believe that any meaningful ranks require a lot of cash. What are meaningful ranks? Why, 300 and lower of course. If you are going for rank 1, then yes, you'll need cash to out-cash the other cashers. But just staying top 300 is quite easy for most long-term free players.

If you just want to stay top 2000 for the extra amalgamation material, then most free players should be able to do this with minimal effort. I've been hardly playing the last few months and easily stay top 1000 with only a few hours of play a day. Often my BP and VIT goes to waste.

I think top cashers like Kan-p, Dela, and NoJaw are rare in any game. They must have been spending thousands each month. I think it's more probable that many "cashers" spend only a few hundred a month, which is still more than a mobile game is worth.