A large con for smaller spenders is that whaling might not even get a player the character that they want. For example, if a player is whaling for the Featured banner and is starting at zero pity, a player could whale for 90 wishes and receive a Standard Banner 5-star like Jean or Qiqi instead of the Featured Banner character that they want. And as said above, since 50 wishes are about $100 USD, players are spending a large amount of money on a risk, basically gambling on if they will receive th...