i think i had leave the game for a long time ago after i found the field im raiding now i started to play more here, i played few Plarium games and left them all. But not stormfall im still here and the bots are a reason for it, its not a kind of bad gameplay to use what the developers put in the game you use the blackmarket i use bots.
And i think using the blackmarket was not an intended part of the game too.
And i said i attack player castles for PvP i besiege them and leave them til i need points for the next time that are not masses of castles i can attack around me.
And i have my members i could support esp all are far from bots thats why a lot of them still play the game.
You must hate bots cos you cant raid them it seems...
To wait for reses you would need for a lv 17 farm over 1 week (depends how much you get from your res buildings and how much your army eats) to get all the reses you would need to upgrade it. Do you invest that much time for it ?
But saving up res means im a raiding target like all thats why players spend their res if they go offline to avoid such situations, now explain where i shall saving up my reses ? shall i leave out my defence troops 24/7 and risk that the main coiners nuke and raid my castle and i lose more than i gained ? i must spend them every day again.
For troops i would need 24h for 5 wyverns (only to get the gold and iron) i can purchase, that is not the time what i need to wait til they are done. What you want make with 5 wyverns ? Playing lv 30 BGs ? attack other players in PvPs/challenges/wars ?
And i must use my 10 raids a day to get 5 more now (food is negative cos you need constantly troops) or to replace the silents/troops i lost to find/get the reses i need if i go for active player castles.
It means you start to stay at one point every time and to come out from you are forced to spend money or to play events for boosts BUT for this you need troops as well.
And the most rewards you need to much points that you can say it was worth it. BG events 100 points for 5 units for this you must play BGs over lv 30 to get the points you lose more troops than you gain.
Thats why the most leave now the game if they spending a wee bit money or not, cos they cant replace the masses they lose.
You cant make a lot and only with pikes and archers you cant fight against players who use the blackmarket constantly.