Regarding 9tails coupons, you get 25 for top 15 I believe. 10 coupons is just for showing up and tapping it. If you can't get top 15... you likely did something wrong on your end. My lvl 82 is on s302, f2p; I made that character less than a month before the s291-306 merger, about 5 months after s291 came out. I can get rank 9 - 12 depending on turnouts, without spending coupons at the fox if I try. (I only poke the fox for participation rewards nowdays to avoid gaining too much xp.)

This f2p char is rank 20 on the merged server (and strongest f2p), despite a 5 month age gap... I never plundered once, I don't even run ss convoys half the time. For a much older f2p player to be weaker.. would take a lot of mistakes. Most f2p players fall behind from making poor use of resources, and put the blame on other players spending money....

Did you also include coupons from spinning group wheel? I'm getting around 1 - 1.5k coupons a month from that wheel. Not much else to do with coins after 8 gates are all lvl 9-11.

This is done without plunders, the character is 5 months younger than PraiseLuka.