Talk:Shrines/@comment-99.100.36.180-20130221162347

I am more than a little frustrated by this update. First of all, if you're going to have a long term goal (such as shrines), either a. Leave it alone, or b. make it more expensive to bypass. Really? The sheer amount of time and gold management it takes to get those shrines the old fashioned way is worth less money than most of the plain hybrid dragons? That makes NO sense. The cost is approximately one tenth of the equivalent in food. B. to work on a game update, and to make it about cutting corners, instead of expanding the game really takes the damned biscuit. Thanks to all the damned racing I did for Kairos (yes, racing. I got him several days before they introduced quests), I've been level 40 for a while now. I didn't need Bring Em Back (I accepted when I'd missed my chance at a display egg, and had managed my time so I wasn't missing any dragons), I have since managed to fill out my compliment of wanted display eggs (I only display gemstone, epics, and eggs that I feel look really good). So, to be where I am, and to know I'm not alone in this- I reached this place without buying a ton of gems, and by casually playing about twice a day... To know all of that, and to see this latest update basically aimed at letting people shortcut the work that people have put in while extending one measly, easy to get, dragon to long term players... All the while teasing us with making the game easier (ease is not the reason we play) if we managed to upgrade shrines the old fashioned way... Without giving us anything to test it out on... Well, I'm a little cheesed, to say the least. I buy gems once a month- not a lot, mind you. I buy those gems because a. I have gotten stuck with 48 hour breed times that I know I'm going to end up selling, and want to try for a new dragon sooner, and b. I really like the game, and understand that buying gems helps support the game. I even agree with the price tiers they have for the dragons. To effectively install a cheat code into a long term goal that's this cheap... Throws that all off. I'm not going to say I'm quitting (I like finding out about the new dragons, and I'm OCD about completing the gemstone set), but it does make me think about putting money in from here on out.