I have to agree with the comments here about 100 gems just to remove a lv 4 chip... I can think of much better methods just off the top of my head!
1:
start at lv 3 costs 1 gem to remove. (so people know the penalty starts)
lv 4 --- 10 gems
lv 5 --- 20 gems
lv 6 --- 50 gems
lv 7 and up --- 100 gems
2:
use the same gem cost for removal protection...
sooo if you want to remove a gem it is free but it it will break (a lv 4 becomes 3 * lv 3 gems)
costs of protection is (you get the gem back) 100 gems
or use the costs above for gem protection...
after i've read this.... i'm thinking of quitting..... i've already told this with the other players in guild.... guess what; they're quitting as well.....
Or we could just do away with the removal costs altogether which would actually make logical sense. Getting chips is hard enough. We don't need arbitrary costs tacked onto that as a money grab. It just takes a player completely out of the game when crap like this happens.
I would be happy if they add an option to the removal of the chip warning that will let me take it off and it will be destroyed without having to pay gems. It would at least allow me to open up the rune slot.
Everyone knows you can pay to gain the advantage over others in the game. There is no checks and balance system in place to moderate the extremity pay players will go to, to compensate it for non players. To put in simple its just another way pay players gain the edge over non pay players. So there for in the game creators mind(s) they did not account for everyone.
Lol! No, they did account for everyone. The want everyone to become a paying player. It is a for profit business, and they are in it to make as much money as they can. And as far as the "moderate to extremity players" go, there are many who do not spend their money and gems wisely, and get no further ahead than many non paying players. Same here as it is in Evony. and the heavy paying players who are at the top... they did not get there just because of money. It took alot of skill and strategy. And don't forget.. without the paying players, NO ONE would have a game to play. Without the VIP 7, 8 and up's, the game would close down or we'd all have to deal with ads streaming all over the pages, and forced time-outs for 5 minute ad videos.
I am a paying player. VIP 1 and will likely always be just VIP1. and we have a number of non paying players on my server and in my guild who can kick my ass. And a number of VIP 3 and higher players whose asses I can kick. so money is not everything needed to get ahead in the game. But I DO agree that 100 gems to remove a level 4 chip is outrageous. Which is why I keep mine at level 3's, and buy and merge chips as often as I can. and won't be using level 4 and up chips until they are way above level 7 most likely, and then only if I MUST. Reducing the gem charge for removal would possibly convince me to use them sooner. And I LOVE the idea of a no gem remove and "break" option.
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