Well, truthfully, it doensnt have an impact for the first 1-2 weeks. Reason : nobody has 30-40k to buy a rose with. But after that, when ppl start getting towards lv 60s and 80s then the roses become an issue...
You have pussys like Khaldtor who will sell 10 roses, try take top 10 lv then die, quit and then come back and brags he was top lv. Just ruins the lv race with guys like that who cant exp without outside help... (RL cash talking, theres a lot of em)