User blog comment:Linathan/Squad Spotlight: Metal Parade!/@comment-68.181.222.10-20150312123341/@comment-26140304-20150312203428

Not necessarily. Every month, we get a Level-Up Campaign, which includes 1/2 energy vortex events. Even as a F2P myself, I find it hard to deplete all of my energy during these 1/2 energy events. If you are at a high level, you will end up with a lot of energy to use. If not, there's always the Monday Karma dungeon. There's also the level up method where you have a certain amount of XP left to level up your summoner level and do Metal Parades to level up and do more. Clearing Metal Parades as fast as possible and clearing it with squads that are efficient for Metal Parades do not hurt, even when 1/2 energy vortex events aren't on.