Hi,

I hear you. Regardless of whether I agree with any of your various opinions, I get your points. 

As for me, technical compatibilities and issues aside, 've always had a respect for a game's creative ways to work toward goals. 

The first and biggest issue I've ever had with modern games, is when I'm presented with a game and then met an abrupt halt in game play because you can't work. The very operation if the game sets limitations to your ability to do anything. Get rid of this energy garbage and I would go as far as including tokens, required to participate. This game is a fantastic game in almost every other way, but I'm not given free rein to continue exploring, to participate as much, or little and at my own pace. 

The second and probably only other issue I may have with the game is not being able to use and manage my gear. I have no problem with using resources to upgrade and improve artifacts. However, requiring a resource to move gear around is absolutely asinine. That's like being charged a toll every time I want to change my socks. Can you imagine charging your daughter five bucks every time she wanted to change her Barbie's cloths? 

I do agree with what appears to be a common issue I've seen concerning availability of certain resources, like books, chickens and gems. However, I would not generalize that these things need to be made more available. I would specify more that they need to be made available in a way that someone can work towards getting these things, like drops from campaigns, dungeons and faction wars, and - though any way acquiring these is most welcome - I'm not referring to adding them to limited events or requiring a purchase. 

I guess I'm just getting old... Old school and old. 

I saw the heading to this post and just got the urge to share. These are my thoughts. However, I am content with these things. I still like the game and I will continue to play. 

Completely agree with removing energy, but i bet thats not going to happen because money. But if we're capped at number of games, why do we have to play 500 of them a day? And on autoplay.