How much real money have you spent on this game?

For me, I have spent exactly $0. As much as I would like to get some of the stuff they offer, in the end, it's just not worth it. Not for the amount they are charging anyway. A good PC or console game costs about $60 and you will get the full content. $60 here will not get you very far at all. Heck, not even a few hundred. May get you a special unit here or there but with these events, there's a chance that even though you spent all that money, you still may not get that special unit.

In any case, I'm just curious on what you've all spent (if any) and what do you use the gems for mainly.

9.98$ its only a game. I was reading about people spending 1000$+. no matter how much money you have spending that much is just moronic.

Somewhere between $0.00 and $100,000.00

Let people spend whatever they want.... its their money, not yours. Who are you to say it is a waste of money?
What would you say if I said buying alcohol or cigarettes is a waste of money? I dont buy alcohol or cigarettes, but if someone wants to, that is their prerogative.

The game is like a hobby, so if someone wants to spend money on it, than they should do that.
It brings them further with their goal and who's someone else to say something about that??
I used by now many gems, while in start.. I didn't want to do that, anyway by now my stats are 600+ and I'm in lv.121.

Box events and Boss events, I don't like, because that is for me too much about chance, so I don't spend (real money) gems on those.
Quest events are are without chance, so on that I spend if needed some gems, same as for the Guild wars...how much I spend, I don't keep track but all is in reasonable for myself :) how much someone spend on this game is up to themself and their wallet.

I still go almost daily out for dinner and buy whatever I want for my family, meanwhile I enjoy my time.
We have our laptops, we have our Iphones and Ipad and we have a console game...

I give some money to some poor people who I see on the street, so let me ( us) enjoy our "hobby" you're entitled to your opinion, but before stating something, it is always good to know both sides of a story.

With the LTQ you can easily get for free high stat industructible units, you just have to play smart.

Furthermore, it's not about what you have in the end, but how much you enjoyed during the way..

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None , and still manage to catch up those idiots ;)

Hackstrol is also brilliant at online chess.... He has a really strong chess engine telling him the moves and he types them in

i will almost be year for me... spending real money ...for me is relief from real life and work... each LTQ need at least 500 gem min.. and if you want heroic items it will be nearly 1500 gem which is not accurate.. i dont like spend gems on box event or epic bosses but some time if is good item bouncess there i go throw it two mountins or more .. in guild war i bought between 4 and 6 mountins ...

it is your money you do what ever you like ... about people who say they win all free ... i will say you have some kind of hacking system .. IN the END GREE are company with employs and need to pay salary SO they need money and i mean real money... so they will make you enjoy then

once i tryed reasoning with crystal meth addict...i gave up

Drugs isn't a direct analogy, as drugs are harmful to your health. This is more like being a football fan. You can do that for free watching it on TV. You can do it for a small amount of money going to home games. Or you can do it for lots of money, flying around the country in first class following your team and hiring a private box at the ground.

Football fans and KA players have nothing to show for what they spend, other than having been entertained along the way

Hmmm effort/profit ratio to make and maintan KA is not even remotly balanced. 10$ is what KA is worth to me, if you feel like spending more dont let me stop you. Lets just hope that future of gaming is not based on money that will buy you better stats but on skills player have

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Originally Posted by LordB

Drugs isn't a direct analogy, as drugs are harmful to your health. This is more like being a football fan.

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Actually its more like gambling than football. Football doesn't use a random system of rewards reinforced by payouts to persuade people to keep playing. Gambling does. We're all in a Skinner's box here. The question is whether or not you think its worth it.

Also, KA - like gambling - can cause people to spend money they can't afford to spend in hope of hitting odds that are unlikely (and in the case of KA, may be secretly adjusted server side in response to gamer habits). So yeah, KA can be harmful to your health due to the same financial problems that gambling addicts face.

The argument is moot. Spending money to buy a game and spending money to win a game are different matters. It may be more logical to say 'spending money to win a game defeats the purpose of a game'. But comparing purchases of software with in-app purchases is just a bad comparison. They are completely different products.

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Originally Posted by glitters

It may be more logical to say 'spending money to win a game defeats the purpose of a game'

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Try telling every professional sports organization in the world this idea. In professional sports it is most often those who spend the most money win.