Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-31777595-20170625093436/@comment-30827145-20170625203145

Yes, Story units in FP is permanent (until they decide something else). That's pretty nice because FP were just useless outside Turtle/Story units events.

Concerning new players, yes, powercreep has increased and many new units make the early game really easy. And boosters giving more exp will make it even easier. But I guess the point is to help everybody to catch up with new content and be able to try it. It took me almost a year to reach a level to feel comfortable when farming 60 STA Raids. And I've not been unlucky with pulls as a free player (Crocus was my main captain for the first story islands and then, I pulled Rayleigh). With the current evolutions, it will take less time for new players to be able to farm Doffy or Aokiji.