I’d actually respectfully disagree with that. We certainly do need to make money, won’t deny it, but if it was our only concern, we’d create a game with an energy system. Statistically-speaking, F2P games make WAY more money if they’re implemented that way. Above ALL else, the whole team here wants to make something we’re proud of… that idea permeates every single one of our decisions… hence, no energy system.
Actually, no. We make no money through advertisements. We don’t want ads in this game, they’d detract from the gameplay. I think it’s one of the reasons we have such a high retention of players.
We can 100% agree there! And we do indeed try to keep adding features for both long-time and new players.
Unfortunately that goes against one of our policies that every piece of core content in the game (excluding bonus & cosmetic items) must be obtainable for free. We have the VIP system & its bonuses for something exclusive to paying customers, and we’d certainly be open to adding to that in future though.