Im fine with some being for gems, simply because BB have to have the option to make some revenue from the game.
However, they also give gems free as in-game rewards/log in. We all know the game is slow-play with no-pay, so again its make your mind up on what you actually want to spend your FREE gems on.
A big meh for gems, at least half of them from an event of some kind, as a reward.
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People quote 70 euro but I doubt very many people make that level of investment outside of a 100% gem sale. So looking at UK prices, for £35.84 I can get 11k gems doubled to 22k gems. I can spend 16k of these on the 4 extra islands plus the additional lucky explorer and still have 6k gems left over.
Alternatively I can spend £17.92 and get 4.8k gems doubled to 9.6k use the excelsior to get a few extra gems (not difficult) and still buy all of the deeds.
I for one am glad this is gem only and my rationale is:
2 years ago many of us thought the game was dying and would cease within months. The reason being, the game had stagnated, trade was non existent, chat and guild activity had slowed down and lots of players leaving.
In the last 18 months or so, theres been a huge amount of additional content and the game is again feeling like there is new stuff to do.
All of the additional effort already delivered and yet to be delivered comes at a cost to BB. Gem sales is the way they fund this effort.
Many people have been sat on loads of gems having obtained 10 gem pits (sometimes at nil / minimal cost). BB need a way to entice players to use gems.
The recent updates does this and will continue to do so. I'm sure I am not the only way that has paid 98 gems to autocomplete the buff productions needed in some Mountain Clan adventures. I'm definitely not the only person that plans on buying all 4 deeds on day 1 of them being available.
The end result is the game lasts a little longer and maybe even into and beyond 2020 when Adobe Flash disappears.
Last edited by fishslice; 14.08.18 at 19:15.
Sorry, but I've slept since then...
short letters quests 3 bits each give 50 gems good way to kinda mine gems for free in the game
really oO
That is true...
But at 50 per it takes a lot of crystals to get to the necessary 3500 for an expansion, assuming you have no other use for crystals.
It's certainly achievable with only gems and with 100% free gems. It's a matter of time. But at the given prices, it's a LOT of time. I think the main thing I'm hearing in the thread is not that there is a gem price for them, but that is the only price. There are no options.
That's what I think should be reconsidered.
Sorry, but I've slept since then...
Except it isn't - if you already have a granite mason on the isolated island in the north, the new deposit can also be mined by him.
Think of it as a backup resource to keep him busy when his primary deposit depletes in the middle of the night. Yeh, he'll have more walking to do, but that's better than him doing nothing for several hours.