Originally Posted by Unregistered

Well, I am f2p. But anyway, to add on, I do think that there is a highly disproportionate amount of 6*s when you look at helper lists. I doubt that most players spend money to buy 6*s.

I think it's more likely that the system favors putting people with 6*s on helper lists, so that players see that everyone else has a 6*, so they get more tempted to get one themselves.

Very possible, and wouldn't put that beyond Nutaku, lol. The actual allies on your helper list are sorted by recent activity though, but the randoms? Yes, it's very possible they purposely throw in a couple of rainbow squads to give you a desire to "Keep up with the Joneses".