User blog comment:Scythe of FEAR/About the new updates that Nubee chose.../@comment-25770788-20141130125655/@comment-25770788-20141130143833

But I think of it this way, just about every Free-To-Play game has some sort of a 'cash shop'. This 'cash shop' allows players to speed things up in some way (better equipment, minions, ability to explore, etc.). The more you pay the faster it is. This isn't something that happens just in this game. A think that makes this different to an extent comepared to different genres of games is that this one is more on luck. Want a good card? Hope for the best when you open the chests. Want to beat a FAW? Hope she doesn't AoE on the first turn.

I do understand when you say it seems like less dedication now, but in all honestly it also doesn't feel like it's just about money either, but more luck than anything.