Honestly, I've nearly rage quit the game a few times now. I have other things I can do with my time, and so now I check in 2 times a day to see if there are improvements, and then I don't play after that. We have lost fellowship members that have decided the game is no longer fun to play, so they've quit. I've seen moderators close forum threads that say hey, we don't like this, even if the thread is civil. I'm seeing what look like inno employees running around your forum being bullies when someone states they do not like the changes. The battle system isn't fun, I can't build anything new because I can't get new land. I'm stuck on Dwarves and I'm loosing people to play with. I'm sorry, I haven't been happy with this game in a bit, I see updates happen, and the game still isn't a good one. You want us to spend money instead of putting effort into what we do. Just a heads up, if I'm going to drop money, its only going to be on a game I enjoy playing and that I don't feel like is attempting to sucker punch me into paying to play.
I have tried the battles according to your chart. It was an exercise in futility. I enjoyed doing the battle system before this update came along, and now I feel like I'm being punished for playing the game. You realize how crazy that is right? Hey, you really enjoyed playing this and you got to far on your battle map, so we're going to put a barrier up now that you aren't aloud to pass until... something else catches up. I'm not clear on what that is, and I don't really care at this point.
Do you, the developer, see how this looks to your consumer?
In the mean time, in the economics of the amount of time I have in my day for recreation, I'm going to go for something with more of a payout. For example, knitting, xbox, a tv show, a book. These are your competition, and now they have a better payout for time put into them.
If you read this, then thank you for your time. I hope you understand, you just aren't that much fun anymore.
Sincerely,
Jill