# \[Not a bug\] Where are the Cursed Gnomes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [December 16, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-where-are-the-cursed-gnomes/73392 "2021-12-16T20:16:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 60
**Author:** ![Fourdottwoone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/fourdottwoone/32/66655_2.png) [@Fourdottwoone](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fourdottwoone)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 10:34am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-where-are-the-cursed-gnomes/73392/60 "2021-12-23T10:34:50Z")
> [@Kafka](#): > > Someone mentioned that the Soulforge may not have been intended to be completely upgraded within this week and perhaps we could have communicated this better. > > They are correct, this content is longer term content and we don’t expect most players to finish levelling up their Soulforge quickly. Gems of War has been around for 7 years and we want longer term content in the game so we have goals to work towards in the future while playing too. At the current rate the average player won’t even get it upgraded within the next years. Which would be okay if this really were “content”, like delves. It’s just a shop though, offering resources made artificially scarce (e.g. forge scrolls) at truly horrible exchange rates, all gated on top by the very same currency required to unlock it. From player perspective, leveling up the forge isn’t a goal, saving up enough resources to buy something in there in useful amounts is. 99.9% of all players won’t ever get there. I should probably write something up explaining the math and how ridiculous the result is. I’m not sure I can scrape together enough motivation, this feels too much like a lost cause. Edit: I really liked the “perhaps we could have communicated this better” part, it makes it feel a very tiny bit less like a lost cause. Then again, I might just be getting numb from all the facepalming. Anyway, here’s the [math, plus some more](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-soulforge-fiasco-an-analysis/73499). --- _[View the full topic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-where-are-the-cursed-gnomes/73392)._