Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25065708-20140615121400/@comment-25030726-20140615151219

You know, when you do this all you really are doing is:

1. Hastening the game's demise

2. Helping to ensure that efforts to monetize future games are even more intrusive and player-hostile than they are in Dragon City.

This game is not very expensive provided you are willing to exercise some patience. Certainly, there are things you can only get with gems. However, if you buy gems when they are on sale, this lessens the impact on your wallet while still supporting the game. Plus, there are so many ways to get gems in the game for free. There are a little over 100 available just from the Dragon Book! Not to mention the fact you get gems when you win in the Stadium and every time you progress to a new level in the Dragon League. My wife and I had each earned over 100 gems by the time we reached level 20 (spent some along the way on things and so don't have an exact count).

In my experience, this is one of the cheaper Facebook games that does not also essentially simply follow a script of quests like Wild West Town. My wife and her mother played that game for a while and so I played because I was curious about the mechanics. I was able to get to level 185 without ever spending a dime, but the game wasn't very much fun because it's just a script of quests. Thankfully this game isn't like Farmville2 (which my mother-in-law plays) where you have to have an extensive circle of friends actively playing the game to get things done (or spend significant cash).

You're also taking the chance that your account will be banned if they discover you're using a hack tool. So, you should keep all this stuff in mind while you're using your hack tool and perhaps take the time to weigh whether using such a tool is really to your advantage and whether the risks are worth the benefit you get.