User blog comment:BadBitch/This game is made to be free by BadBitch/@comment-25255360-20140826042055

Good points. I wanted to write about this myself...

Let me first start by saying this is a pretty decent, niche gaming community. I'd say the amount of complaining I read within this community is lower than other online games, but still, there are a few things that people should keep in mind before they write a complaint and click "post comment".

If you're a new player looking to have fun and compete in rankings, don't even think about spending on summons, don't do it. Don't even think about it. Spend every initial jewel you get on magic school and yggs. When I was a total noob I wasted some jewels on summoning and regretted it completely. The drop rate is way too low and it really caters to people with disposable incomes who fund the game.

If you've got some extra cash IRL and don't mind supporting games you like, then Box Summon is probably the ONLY summon you want to throw money at. NEVER buy premium, step-up, or anything else unless you have a highly disposable income. I'd even suggest against that too, and instead give that money to charity or buying a child a bicyle or anything else. Premium and Step-up Summons are a lottery (scam) for the rich and the addicted. There are so many more worthwhile things to buy and other, less expensive and amazing games to play. Spend that money on Steam sales, get like 40 games for the same amount of cash you throw at Premium Summons, you'll be a lot happier for it.

You can succeed and get a lot of cards as a free player and you don't have to play all day long. Try 3-6 hours a day, during the nights and mornings at peak hours. Trade all of your FAWs, collect eldritch keys, etc. It takes a good amount of dedication in the beginning to set up your first AW killing team, but that's the fun of it. After a month or two of hard work things will be smooth sailing from there. It's not that difficult. These 200% buff cards actually drop quite frequently.

You also don't need to be a completely free player. Wanna support your game? Buy jewels for a maxed magic school, 3x ygg, level 10 castle, maybe even get some extra swords/shoes to give you the extra boost you need for your first ranking effort. When you're ranking and able to kill FAWs sent to you, the 20% potion is very important as well. All of this enables you to rank easier and it doesn't require you to play 12 hours a day. Once again, the first month or two will require a lot of work and effort because you're limited on BP, Vit, comrades, but it gets easier.

When a new player begins Valkyrie Crusade, it's easy to fall into the rabbit hole of Pay-2-Win because this game throws a lot of freebies at you in the beginning. By the time you're done with all the new player quests and free tickets, you've probably used them all up not realizing their actual worth. When you find yourself having to wait on buildings and you don't have any Vitality to progress through the campaign, it's very tempting to use up a bunch of shoes and stuff when you're only at 50-Vit, etc. Be patient, the game is designed this way to tempt you into paying to progress faster. It's an old trick, ever hear of it? Give the customer free stuff to get them hooked, then once the free-stuff faucet is turned off they beg for more, and pay.

Premium/Step-Up and other lottery summons are designed to be tempting and designed to RIP YOU OFF. Don't get rip-offed because you're impatient and need to have the best team as soon as possible. That tendency you may have to require instant gratification will cost you more than you expect. Before you decide to throw your money away at a digital collectible lottery, ask yourself, "Would I have even downloaded Valkyrie Crusade if it had an up-front cost on the app store?" Probably not. Ask yourself if you enjoy the game as a free player (ignoring alliance duel), if not, then maybe this game isn't worth your time?