$100 or $1000/mon to be competative?

Is this game worth $1000's a month to the average player?

For instance...

On my server I have been rather successful. I am in a alliance ranked number 9 on the server, I am lvl 2 marques, ranked 54th on server achievement, and doing really well in general.

Typically I spend $100-200/mon on the game which I find ridiculous but I seem to be weak when trying to compete against others....

Than suddenly one day I am attacked by a guy who warped on me. He then proceeded to warp back and trash everything I had. I WAS HELPLESS... I used many defensive practices but eventually he went after my oasis to force my troops back and destroyed 95% of my army because I was farming when he hit me. I lost 6k cats, 8k arch, 8k cav, and 13k inf...

When he attacked me, he warped his main city at least 3 times, had an army of 30k cats, 30k arch, 38k cav, and god knows how many inf (somewhere near the 100k range) PLUS ALL of his ITEMS were 100% enhanced... but days later they didn't show up on my scout report.... which confuses me.

This guys had to have been spending 1000's a month on the game. Yet he was only a 2nd duke and 16th on the server... what are the rest spending?

I can not compete with these kinds of players.... I refuse to spend 1000's on this game each month.

Who thinks this game is worth $1000's a month?

i have talked to a few people who play this game and are numero uno on a few servers. most of them dont spend 1000s a month on this game. they probably spend 200 to 300 maximum a month. however, they probably know the important times to build, and they know when to stop building, also. sometimes you need to just understand, there are better players than you out there. the rules dont say: well, you spent 300 but he only spent 100, so you automatically win.

no. wrong. it is strategy. he got you cornered, and took you out. had you been a wise coin spender, you could have called your troops back, and if you had the right strategy you wold always keep crop in market (for max price) so that when a situation like this occurs, you can feed your troops long enough to rebuild.

the biggest mistake i think you made was that you think that cons are the only way to win.

MY ADVICE TO YOU: look on the server at some guides, come up with some strategies, and try them. you probably could save 100 dollars just by having a new strategy; or at least put that 200 dollars to better use.

You're spending 100 bucks a month and you're 54th? Eek...
I was ranked 2nd on one server after it had been around for about 5-6 months. I spent 20 dollars.

You don't have to spend a dime if you're doing it right. What are you spending your coins are that you are going through that amount and still only 54th? use them wisely...

without spending a single coin, i was averaging between 11and 16 on my server (s50) ... then i got busy with job stuff, and yeah. lol

spending coins isnt going to get you anywhere unless you know how to spend them. however, you arent going to go anywhere in the first place, if you dont know how to play.

[Legit333]

NOt to be negative but 13k infantry!?!?! WHy on earth? You dont have many cats so you dont need that kind of meat shield. lol

Time is also a big factor.
You can get away without many coins.
Just remember - noone has more than 24 hours Aday!

In response to the inf comment. Inf are good farmers.
You can easily store 13k in a sub. And they can carry more per crop than cav. And are good hunters.

still, if your spending 200 dollars a month on coins, you should have a lot larger army than that.

like many things in life. and like others have said it is definately how you use them not how big/how many you have.

imo the game isnt worth $1000 dollars a month but the way the game is constructed is that there is this split between coin spenders where the more you spend the easier the game becomes. thats just the way life is

I agree i reached 4th on s60 as a lv 18, i never warped and basically only bought 30$ or so in coins on a sale to pay for max equips and crop enhancements for 1 city. 200-300 dollars a month is ridiculous to pay for an ipod game in my opinion you just got to strategize and scout.

well, some view coins as a strategy. others, like me, see them as taking the strategy out of the game.

and i mostly play for the strategy, and the chat.