hehehBut I will still feel dirty and live with it.
I too enjoy the challenge of playing a constrained game. I don't mind spending some diamonds on frivolous items, so that the programmers can buy shoes for their babies, but when it comes to the core elements of the game I'm far more interested in mathing my way through the gates, rather than caving in and paying the bridge toll.
I suspect that my motivation is unusual, but that's the way engineers think. We LIKE problems.
BUT a few years ago I did spend some serious money on Worlds of Warcraft.
The leadership team in our WOW guild was falling apart, but you're NEVER going to win the "respect" of the top players unless you can beat them on their own terms. So I simply BOUGHT my way to the top score in the guild, and smashed a few egos, and ended up as the Guild Master. I retained that position for a couple of years.
My lead Tank was a single Dad, and when his kids got to Little League Baseball age he had to cut back on his in-game time, a couple of our best healers finished grad school, and career changes ate up several of our best raiders, but you soldier on. Attracting "top-notch" people actually isn't all that difficult once you've established a solid reputation.
The disadvantage of being an Engineer is that once you've SOLVED a problem you automatically start looking for new challenges. So once the Guild was ticking along smoothly, after a couple of years I moved on to other challenges.
So I'd suggest that the primary motivation for spending diamonds is NOT to maintain a high score, but is rather a means by which you CAN shift your playing style, when your current approach has become stale.
I just got the 100% diamond offer yesterday. I normally don't buy them and was down to something like 30 diamonds. I started using them when I was just a few copper short (finishing one tech cost me 5 diamonds instead of waiting til morning for instance).Tops out at 100%. I have no idea how long you have to resist to get that offer. The only people who get it are players who have never purchased diamonds.
The number of provinces needed for each expansion gets bigger the more expansions you have. It is not dependent on which chapter you're in. https://en.wiki.elvenar.com/index.php?title=ExpansionsI bought a few expansions and I am ready to buy a few more if they ever offer me a diamond deal again. I am near the end of chapter 3 and I am delaying entry into chapter 4 as it increases to completing 10 provinces for one expansion, where now I only have to do 6. I am not sure of the trade off. I can take my time and build upward for a while. Slow up and stretch the game out longer. Is there any reason I should move ahead as fast as possible? I may try to stay and spin my wheels getting expansions at 6 instead of 10. I also started my own fellowship so I can do Tournaments. No rules and a Batman/Marvel theme would be nice.
Yes, I was using that chart when I came to the conclusion that as long as I am in chapter 3 it is only 6 provinces. I haven't been able to win a fight in a long time. I have been negotiating since I started chapter 2. So higher negotiations and 6 provinces or slightly smaller negotiations and 10 provinces. I think the four less provinces more than make up for it.The number of provinces needed for each expansion gets bigger the more expansions you have. It is not dependent on which chapter you're in. https://en.wiki.elvenar.com/index.php?title=Expansions
So don't delay moving to the next chapter just because of this. If anything, it could actually be a bad thing to wait. If you scout too much before unlocking the next Advanced Scouts tech, you could quickly find yourself in a situation where the negotiation costs are really high and the fights too difficult to win. Go ahead and push forward into chapter 4 and beyond.
I think you're confused. It is not staying at six provinces per expansion for as long as you are in the chapter. Each new expansion you open moves you along the progression of how many provinces you need, regardless of your tech tree position.So higher negotiations and 6 provinces or slightly smaller negotiations and 10 provinces. I think the four less provinces more than make up for it.
So what does that chart mean with the 1, 2, 3, 4 ... on one side and 1, 3, 6, 10 on the other?I'm in chapter 6 with about 126 provinces complete and my expansions don't cost 10 yet. I'm not sure how you got 10 from that chart.
On the left side is the number of expansions you have earned from clearing the world map.So what does that chart mean with the 1, 2, 3, 4 ... on one side and 1, 3, 6, 10 on the other?
I am confused. So you are saying I can only get 3 expansions at 6 provinces before I have to get 10?On the left side is the number of expansions you have earned from clearing the world map.
On the right side is the total number of provinces you have cleared on the world map.