Originally Posted by
Mostreal
With the current format, in order to complete the event, you have to have out the following:
Tales - 4 dragons (common, chap 2, chap 7, final to get the extra items for crafting tickets/boosts). If you want the special crafting dragon, that's 5
Leaderboard - 1
Community - 1
With the old format of Tales-Community-Leaderboard most months you would only need 6-7 (6 must, 7 if you get the craft dragon) (10 must, 12 if you get both the craft dragons) spaces for dragons for the entire month. 10-12 on the rare ocassion you get two Tales in one month (that was maybe twice a year).
With the current format of Tales-Leaderboard-Tales-Leaderboard-Tales-Community-Leaderboard you need 10-12 slots every month.
I used to be able to exchange 3 3-dragon habitats for 3 5-dragon habitats in a month and fit everyone (9 from the original habitats and 6 new ones since I almost always have the craft dragon, I use that item to get the 10X speed boost). I could at least keep up with room for everyone in the game but I don't get enough gold in a month to get all 4 habitats every month. Getting the 4th one once in a while kept me ahead of the game (about once a quarter I can get the 4th habitat).
Now, if I get 3 5-dragon habitats and move the 9 over, that leaves me with 6 slots to put 10 dragons....and with how long it is taking me to clear land, it's becoming a shuffle game.
It costs gold to increase the capacity of my dragon stable (at 40 right now), it costs gold to buy 5 dragon habitats....I'm not made of money...
I do not have any marble producing dragons (let alone the cost, where's the room?) so I craft one key per day when I'm not crafting something else - that's 30 per month TOPS if I someone get to craft one every day, which I don't so more like 20 per month and it takes 55 to clear land where I'm at now.
I do not spend nearly as much money on the game since my budget is not unlimited but I have spent money on the game but the game developers seem to not appreciate higher level players since it is only getting harder and harder to get things without money. I think it is still good for lower level players and quite honestly, if you are clearing land with maps, marble keys, and island parts, it probably isn't that bad. I guess it's just a young man's game, which will play me out sooner rather than later.