Fun game, but gem requirements are too high – Kingdom of Zenia: Dragon Wars Review

I enjoy the game. Since it was bought out or taken over from zhurosoft, they seem to have expanded a little on it. One big frustration is the gems requirement. Buildings and troops can take a very long time to build. You don’t get enough resources to build multiples of the same buildings easily because you are leveling quickly, so you want to build the better buildings first (of course). Having enough resources to build, create your own troops and have enough to donate to your alliance mates, is almost impossible. I would love to see an option that allows you to stop accruing XP temporarily. Then you could do the internal quests to earn some extra money, the occasional moonstone, etc without worrying about getting too high and then not being strong enough to raid against others at your current level who had purchased lots of gems. These players can be so ridiculously overpowered compared to yourself. Also, their is an option under the store, gems tab. It states about watching a video to earn a free gem. This was active when zhurosoft had the game. It needs to be reactivated. Give those of us that can’t afford to purchase gem packs all the time a way to compete with those people who do purchase the packs. It’s better for everyone that way. I’m not saying make the free gems something that is easy or if you like the idea of temporarily turning off XP - make running the quests even more time consuming. Make it something you have to really work at to get the benefit, but make it worthwhile enough so people that only buy one $4.99 gem pack a month can compete with those that buy multiple of these or even multiples of the larger packs. The game has massive potential. That it’s been around for so long and people play it still, says something for its basic concept. It just needs to be tweaked a bit to make it work for everyone. If you only make it functional for people who pay high $$ for gaming, then this game will die, just like so many others out there already have.
Review by The fuzzy beast on Kingdom of Zenia: Dragon Wars.