Talk:Emerald Dragon/@comment-75.35.170.211-20120528184837/@comment-4891198-20120528195236

They are not forcing you to buy the Emerald dragon. Comparing DragonVale to Netflix is a joke. You are not paying a monthly fee. The game is free. It is up to you, if you want to spend real money for gems to purchase something. Plus, you can get gems from the colosseum and trading with your friends...

Fortunately for me, I was able to breed 2 Emerald dragons myself. Which it had taken me about 50 tries for the 1st and about 5 tries after that for my 2nd. I used about 100 or so gems which I did not buy. I got them from loyal friends and the colosseum. Plus, I save my gems for times like this...

And It can be done. The key to the game is persistence along with patience and luck. On that note, it is just a game. It is like playing the lottery but you do not have to pay a buck or two to play. And the odds are better if you are patient and persistent...

One more note, there is a gem dragon released once a month. If you did not get this one then try for the next one and so on.

Others, like myself, enjoy the game for the challenge of trying to breed the hard to get dragons... If it was easy, I would not play....

Good luck to you and everyone else trying to get the Emerald dragon along with all other dragons in the future...