Been playing 5 days and something disturbs me greatly

[nzxt]

End of the day you can either play for free or buy gems, you have a choice. Unlike WoW you have to pay to play. So in that respect, it is a free game with in-app purchase. Other gaming apps have in-app purchases, its not illegal or unethical.

[bigdavepz]

I see what the OP is saying with regards to there being no way to be top-tier competitive without gemming. Games like Starcraft require no extra cash (game wise anyways) to be competitive, and top players in the world earn a very good living playing. Though practice and play is all they do for 10+ hours a day, everyday, to be able to be even semi competitive at the top level. Theirs is the sacrifice of time/practice and not so much money.

That being said, I like the fact that you can get everything in this game without paying a dime, albeit it will take longer. To me the point of any good game is longevity and replayability. Not to mention the excellent social aspect of the game.

I have only dropped $50 on this game (to purchase builders and one time I was maxed gold and no free builders, so I popped $5 to get a sheild). This is no more than I would spend on any PC or PS3/Xbox game.

@OP, if being in the top 10 is what you want, might want to find another game.

[Rastis]

I watched a video where a guy spent hundreds of dollars in a matter of minutes training troops and making spells......

If the company doesn't change its policy soon I'm almost tempted to ask a few friends of mine or my step mother whom are lawyers to see if their is anyway to clarify this game as being a ponzi scheme that is accessible by children. Just because the game tells these poor souls over spending that "pay money and you can skip the most satisfying part of the game only to realize that you will never stop paying because we have you addicted", when it's also "pay money to get to a point that you think is the finish line, only to realize you can only stay there if you keep giving us your money, but instead of 500 gems its now 2000 gems, and now its 5000 gems". This is the very definition of a ponzi scheme.
I know it seems silly to write this after 5 days but when i play a game i like to watch youtube vids/read the forums/the reddit. The rate at which i was always to find out how dark this game was for a lot of people and very quickly.

Edit: The reason I say this is a ponzi scheme is because their is always a higher prices to be payed around the corner. They get you to spend 600 gems so your town hall can upgrade, then the next time its 900, the next time its 1500 ect ect. Except apply this to everything in the game. It's the idea of "just one more investment and you can get to the next level only to realize there is a level beyond and then you realize you wasted all your money because their is no end and your paycheck is gone. This is what ponzi schemers do to their victims. They take their money and say we will double it, then they double it and ask for more, eventually they run off with your money and call it a day.

I get that you're new, so I won't critique you from a game-centered perspective. I just think it's alarming that you base your entire post off one or maybe a few youtube videos of some big spenders. And even if someone decides to start gemming the heck out of his or her base, it has to be quite evident already from the start that the increasing gem prices are due to increased upgrade times.

As has pointed out, what you buy with gems is essentially time, and it is based on personal choice - no one holds a gun to your head and tells you to buy gems. I can agree with you that in order to compete at the very top of leagues, excessive input of both time and gems is probably required in many cases, but as Stitch pointed out it can also be achieved by hard work and effort.

But please, don't go and base your opinions on a single youtube video or a few, and definetly not if your thoughts and opinions lean towards trying to illegalize a concept or file a lawsuit against it. You can finish the game without buying gems, it will just take longer. If you're aiming to compete in the very top leagues, you're in for some long gaming sessions, though. Should you choose to set your strong opinions about the gem requirements etc aside and choose to continue playing, and perhaps spend gems (either earned through different achievements etc ingame, or bought with money) on something, I recommend getting more builders. It's the single best thing you possibly can do to speed your game up in the long run.

[Luke121613]

Gems buy time. The people who gem are not patient enough to wait for their base to grow.

[Daddy]

Very nice and correct reply Daddy, with one Exception:



Can you compete at the top without spending money? If so proove it.

Stich just claimed to come close to top 200 with only ingame earned Gems and that is a really good accomplishment, but you don't earn most of those Gems twice so can it be replicated?

Edit: Just out of personal interest of where I should put the highest bar. How far up where or are you able to stay without using more Gems Stich?

Oh sure absolutely right, I was referring to buying base stuff with time.

[kidcudi88]

Buying gems is optional I play the game because it is social and fun to play and meet people who have the same interests
you couldn't sue anybody it is the same as any game where you have to buy things

[goodburner]

lol, the people who do spend hundreds of dollars to insta train armies and level up the armies are mostly only youtubers that get sponsors from applications that provide gems for doing certain stuff or very high level players.

I dont think any sane person would spend hundreds of dollars to do everything in the game. I haven't met any of those except them youtubers but thats not a problem for them as they got sponsored.

really nothing to whine about, and cap on max cash per day? lol, thats the craziest idea ever. Get real, this game is not going to last forever, and Supercell needs to make as much money they can when they can do it.

[Nervceo]

♥♥♥♥ at this post.

The game is free-to-play. You don't pay a penny for it but your greed and impatience has turned into a genuine hate.

You hate the game so much then just delete it and never look back as people who genuinely enjoy will never remember you as well.

No offense, though.

I never said i hated the game, I like it a lot. There are just things in this game that i have never been exposed to, such as the fact that it is pay to win and you can buy pass building up your profile and bypass the entire experience of the game simply by throwing money at your computer screen when there is no end in sight.

[Nervceo]

lol, the people who do spend hundreds of dollars to insta train armies and level up the armies are mostly only youtubers that get sponsors from applications that provide gems for doing certain stuff or very high level players.

I dont think any sane person would spend hundreds of dollars to do everything in the game. I haven't met any of those except them youtubers but thats not a problem for them as they got sponsored.

really nothing to whine about, and cap on max cash per day? lol, thats the craziest idea ever. Get real, this game is not going to last forever, and Supercell needs to make as much money they can when they can do it.

Exactly, the game won't last very long because you can bypass everything simply by paying cash. They don't have any respect for their playerbase because they are trying to milk it for all its worth even if it means having a illegitimate game and sucking it dry and fast.

[goodburner]

Exactly, the game won't last very long because you can bypass everything simply by paying cash. They don't have any respect for their playerbase because they are trying to milk it for all its worth even if it means having a illegitimate game and sucking it dry and fast.

you can bypass everything if you are willing to spend over 5000$ on gems. 99.99% won't spend anywhere close to that amount. The game won't last long, but that won't be because of people maxing out everything quickly...

How many people have maxed out bases compared to the player base of this game? I'd say less than 2%.