Ok. Here we go. Once upon a time I played this game regularly. Stupidly I spent quite a bit of money playing it too! The creators have truly turned this once fun game into a true money grabber. Sadly. Everything was great in the beginning, maybe not perfect, but it was a better game a year ago than it is today. FYI to the creators, I stopped spending money playing, when I noticed changes in which took advantage of my hard earned money. Your loss. As in one year I spent $400.00 U.S. Playing this game as I traveled quite a bit and it was a form of entertainment during my long periods of time in the airport. Even then I thought things were just a little too expensive for what you were given. Now, now things are way out of control.
Nerfed, a word used by many gamers to sum up a downplay of anything that was once great in a game. Well, that has taken place on a regular basis since the very first update. No longer to clan events give you payouts in which make losing troops worth it. Especially when you get very little crystals as a reward, especially when you increase the cost of crystals to restore units from the infirmary, and especially when the rewarded troops from the event are useless.
Sure, you made the graphics a little more pretty to the eye, sure...you added a few new features that are somewhat useful, sure...you made some things easier. Though none of the things that were changed in the updates made the game so great that you should take away the things in which made the game worth playing or worth spending money on.
When you update a game...you shouldnt update it to take advantage of the people playing. You should make it better, keep things in place that were perfectly fine, and enhance the game play for those who have been loyal to the game.
Anyway, that is my 2cents. My warning to new players. Dont get caught up spending money on things. It truly isnt worth it. At least, not anymore, and most likely will only get worse as time goes on.
I may still jump on just to say hello to people. Though as far as investing my money into the game. That will no longer be happening. I found a couple other games in which are just as fun, that are not greedy, and give me what I need while traveling.
TRB.