Talk:Eggs/@comment-10010102-20140203224944

Pappa2eco I feel your pain, but I haven't had the same experience with Dragonvale. I haven't noticed any difference in the time it takes to get the dragon recently, nor any need to speed them up more so than before. I don't like that the giant habitats require gems.

Perhaps we are just at different levels. I now rack up a lot of gems and coins relatively quickly. I also implemented the rule of not spending more than I would on a Starbucks latte. Since we bought a cappucino maker I feel free to spend the amount of money I would have spent on Starbucks on my morning entertainment. During the periods when they aren't new dragons, I collect them for when there are new dragons or decorations or big upgrades. I tried several other games that were much worse in terms of requiring gems - one was a Hotels game that I gave up quickly and another was some sort of treasure hunting game.

As for juvenile responses - Dragonvale is afterall geared for "juveniles" and I've heard far worse comments from TV news commentators and politicians and even read far worse in the NY Times comment section. A little bragging and jealousy is fairly minor in comparison to what some adults consider reasonable discourse these days.