Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24204454-20131123103325/@comment-24048174-20131126234216

The funny thing is, I think TL would make more money if they loosened things up, made everything take less time (ie, expanding) and cost less gold to speed up, etc (ie, tournaments) More people are likely to spend real money on this game if TL treated their players with the kind of respect that other games like Dragonvale do. The difference between the two is stunning. And when I spend real money on dragonvale I feel like I'm supporting a good business that gives me some happiness when playing. If I spend real money on Dragon story it makes me feel frustrated and resentful.

They need to make money, of course and that benefits the players as much as TL since that means the game will continue running and being updated... But frankly, they are just going about it totally the wrong way. They have definitely adopted a zynga type style towards players. (Though at least zynga have some amount of customer service, whereas if something goes wrong on DS you are basically on your own)

I would enjoy the tournaments if they weren't so hard to complete and so stressful. As it is, you're right, they are simply yet another gold trap.

I am bedbound from illness so able to do more battles per day than someone who works, so long as I'm able to get online, yet I still find myself struggling to get past the last 10 dragons or so! The odds are just crazy stacked against you! I feel for those of you who work and are trying to win them! (Mind you, again, that's a stupidity on Tl's part because they should be targeting the people who work since you guys have more spare money than someone who doesn't or can't work - so they should be making tournaments last more time, so that you guys can more easily win, using ultimate a few times along the way where needed.)