Talk:Pearl Dragon/@comment-74.211.95.108-20120610024902/@comment-114.25.109.71-20120610031502

I do not. We are effectively talking about 12 gems per week. The wizards are giving us 2-3 new dragons per month. For high level players the pace might be just right, but new players who just got into the world of dragonvale and just learned what gems are for, that is daunting. As our gain levels, our ability to earn gems multiples. A level 10 player can earn roughly 5 gems per day if he is lucky while a level 20 player can easily get over 10 gems without much effort. How many of us could not remember the last time getting a bronze prize from a colosseum? How many of us could not imagine the days of getting only 3 gems from friends per day? We are facing a system that widens the poverty gap, and that discourages new players. The actual gap may not be so significant-the gems are less valuable after the key infrastructure is complete(funny I thought of EBI as 'infra'-structure...), but the mental impact is huge.