Board Thread:Game Discussions/@comment-24829740-20140819170154/@comment-25097314-20140821221404

B Legit

Yes, people say they are willing to spend x on gems but  1) in the heat of the moment will spend more (I was budgeting for 1000 gems this last war for T25 run and spent closer to 2500 for example and ended up with well over 300k pts) and 2) Many people do have a time commitment. When you are talking about 1000, 2500, 5000+ gems, you are talking about 500, 1100, and 2200 games respectively (counting some free swings). When they are 15 seconds each vs 30 seconds each match, it makes a huge difference, especially when you count all of the other things involved (waiting for game to pop, negotiating strip, taking out guardian, etc). At 5000 gems you are talking about an EXTRA nine hours of commitment to the game over a 3 day period. Not everyone has that kind of time available, even those making T10/25 runs.

I promise you that you are wrong on the modeling. I see it first hand every single war. I also do nothing but financial modeling and analysis for a living and have a degree in economics and an MBA from a Top 10 school with a finance concentration. Yes, lower geared players COULD use more gems but buying more gems LOWERS the value of your return. Anytime in economics the cost gets higher (either due to time or $), the demand is lower.