Whilst I agree with you to a degree, I also suspect that if some don't buy gems this game will continue to deteoriate and eventually stop being supported financially and technically by s8. I don't buy gems at all just use earned gems to spend in th game when I want, I've gem skipped a couple of collections to get an extra one in before bed only to find myself getting up later the next day. Lol. I've had a couple of bad lynx days in comparison to usual, so now I'm going to be a little stressed right up to the wire as it's the stable I really want. But if need be I'll buy a trap or two just to get the required amount of pelts. I suspect those that gem will continue to do so. But they'll continue to lose loyal players all the time unless they bring the storyline back. I'm losing my heart in this game little by little and have stopped in two events so far either from boredom or just stopping at a certain level. Maybe the numbers show that timed events bring in more gems and this is how the game will continue, only s8 know this.