Next button should be free. Why not?

The game needs a gold sink, all games do.

No point in debating my opinions against your stubbornness.

Simple answer: Gigantic NO.

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Originally Posted by NathanD

Completely disagree with this.
If someone is doing that, then they are only hurting themselves by losing out on several raids in that period.
How would it cause an imbalance? The gold spent searching goes into the void, it goes literally nowhere. It's well known as a pointless dump of gold. If you think thoroughly about it, the worst scenario is, no gold dumped in to the next button, more gold circulating. That is literally the worst scenario.

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Majority of the players will keep searching. They won't care about losing out on the several mediocre raids in that period in return for a big pay day in the form of an abandoned base. Also, the gold spent on searching may or may not go into the void but at least it makes sure it evens out the playing field and creates a risk for the player to either keep spending on searches or attack the first base he/she sees. On the other hand, the free nexting creates a hoarding mentality in the game. The player will never lose money other than when he's being attacked. Which is what creates the imbalance.