Board Thread:Game News/@comment-13641045-20131207120936/@comment-10090661-20131210103635

How long would it take a Level 15 player to generate this much food and gold? I don't think it's a rip off, but you're free to think so, of course.

See, you think your time is free (costs nothing) but actually it isn't.

Like I have been teaching my son, everything comes at a cost. Sometimes the cost is more than we think it is. The time spent playing DC, for instance, might be better spent helping your parents, or by studying. How much is the cost, then?

Don't forget the cost of:


 * Loss of income -- your results are worse than another applicant, because he spent HIS time studying.
 * Loss of opportunity -- something else happens away from your game, but you're not there to grab it.
 * Loss of friendship -- spending more time with DC will cause you to lose friends or at least not be so close with your friends who don't play DC.

I think you should get the gist of it. :)

For me, I think the cost of gems small compared to other things. But maybe its just the way I look at it?