Talk:Gems/@comment-218.40.168.53-20120205022624/@comment-4775325-20120214190007

@Ghostydragon: No, seriously dragonvale is amongst the best freemium games out there, you can get everything in the game without paying for any gems and with the colosseum and friends you can get a small but decent amount of gems each day in-game.

People need to get this through their heads BACKFLIP IS A COMPANY! this means they have staff and equipment they need to pay for and this means that they need to make a profit, since DragonVale is free the only way they make money is through in-app purchases (almost always of gems). Most other freemium games are either covered with annoying in-app advertisements or require you to pay to access most of the content. But backflip has given people a very simple choice you can either - Be patient and eventually you can get everything without paying a cent or you can speed things up a bit by paying a few dollars.