Started out fun. I bought $20 of gems one day. They gave me an immortal to fight with my troops; 7 days only. I massacred guys that had been playing for years. Racked up huge coin and improved. Now I am at level 4. Upgrade time is 10-18 days for buildings. Army training is 20 min each battle. Buy more, finish now, keeps popping up. Have not paid any more. Now the guys who pay are rampaging my camp the second I log off with their immortals they paid for. Im at Level 4 and with coin being stolen way faster than I can generate it. A couple hundred bucks a week and its a great game. If you dont then, you get stuck and cant improve without shelling out big $$$$$. Wish I had just bought a fair game.