Talk:Merry XXX-Mas/@comment-74.108.60.206-20181223185706/@comment-37887995-20181223193442

I doesn't have to be. Personally, I haven't spent any money outside of events. In the Darkest Night event I spent $20, and in the Holloween event I spent about $40. I decided to spend some in this event as well, but I decided to buy 1800 Rubies for $99 simply because it's such a better deal. However, I refuse to use more than a few hundred of those for this event and will save the majority of them for future events.

For this amount of effort, I didn't achieve the reward card in the Darkest Night event, but I did have a lot of fun and got bunches of great cards. I did get the reward card in the Halloween event, though I didn't complete all the quests. So far, in this event I've achieved all the available cards and have completed the quests available at this point. I started this event with 850k gold and 600 Rubies that I had gathered in anticipation of an Xmas event. I'm somewhere between 50-100 in the marathon rankings at the moment. If I had started with more money, I wouldn't have burned through those 600 Rubbies by now. I don't spend money on anything other than Rubbies--everything else is kind of rediculously priced.

Unfortunately or fortunately (depending on how you look at it), the Xmas Event is really three events back to back. This one is going to drain everybody, as long as they decide to participate in the Event aspect of the game.

Regardless, you don't have to spend money to enjoy the game. Just don't expect to go toe to toe with those paying players who are willing to spend $99 or more on each event and even in-between events. You can still have fun in the events and get a LOT of cards you wouldn't otherwise have. Just realize when you've done what you can and be happy with what you've won.