Originally Posted by
Anaboe
I'm a long time player and I've never bought gems, nor a valuepack. Even so, I have always reached any (important) goal with atleast 10, but more often 20-40% of the time left.
Yes, there has been subgoals that I didn't make, but they didn't cost me the last goal. So I have a storage filled with max lvl event-buildings.
It is possible, not even that hard or time consuming. You just need to play very tactical, and sometimes set an alarm.
And yes, I have over 800 gems, all collected in the game. And all the gem-animals, plants, ponds and buildings I want. All gotten in the game, none bought.