I’ve not had time to do more raids as I’ve been having so much fun watching the replays of people dying in my builds. I logged on last night to find I had earned 12000 xp and had 40 deaths to watch😄
I don’t think it’s F2P. The only timer I’ve seen is to do with the bases you build. I’ll havea closer look when I load up today. Each base only has so much “genmat” to extract which is what the little wheezy dude with the box on his back does. so there is a time to depletion timer. Once depleted the base is taken offline.
But you can prestige a base with materials to refill it and expand its area which in turn allows you to put down more traps and make it more deadly. You effectively level up the bases you build with the materials you win from killing other players. Both mine are level 2 now.
You can put maps into social mode as well. This means they won’t earn anything but friends can play them by searching for your player name. Friends can’t plant play each others maps otherwise, which I think is to prevent cheating. I think it’s a great system. You could either use friends to build a devious map or use the randoms to build something your friends will curse you for 😄
I’ve retired my first map for now, so it’s in social mode. You should be able to find it via social if you’re curious.