Talk:The Gathering of Roses/@comment-541516-20150218062339/@comment-11580597-20150218140141

I do not agree with you, that the entire point behind these events is to make us spend money. I got the 2'nd Thorn yesterday and I'm having 350 roses in the bank for the Omnitat, so collecting the last ones will be piece of cake for me now.

Growing 11 batches a day is not enough! When I harvest 11 farms I get roses from 1-6 farms max, so i REPEAT growing until I have the max 40 roses. I mostly grow Dragon Snaps as they are quick and it takes me max 1/2 hour to collect it all. Collecting cash mostly gives me around 30 roses in the first collection and the last comes in during the day within a few collections. And then I buy Plant Eggs to give me roses for breeding, if i do not have the patience to wait for other eggs to incubate. That + Gardenia, Colosseum, Hats and Gifts has been more than enough for me to get all the rewards without spending any additional Gems or real money, as all the other events also has been "easy" for me to do. And by "easy" I mean that I have worked hard for it. Simple math told me that it is possible if you try hard enough, and by my humble opinion it is exactly what makes these events so great. I'm also lvl 60 player and I definately prefere working hard for my rewards instead of "having an auto-complete button" that gives me everything regardless of my effort - Otherwise the game would bore me to death, and thats what makes DragonVale different from other similar games: Challenge and developement combined with fair conditions for the players.

When that is said and done, of course Backflip wants to make money - thats what make it possible for us to play a free game, but it is really not necessary to spend a single coin on the game to get everything. Unless of course you don't have the time or spirit to play and are obsessed to gain everything in the game.