Board Thread:LOC General Discussion/@comment-108.35.154.66-20130911165857/@comment-5428123-20140127100616

Fair point. I have heard though, that most of the cloners in game use their cloning abilities to intentionally raise the prices of cards in-game, and since many of them sell potions and cards for real money, I'd imagine that the never ending inflation is somehow helping their little operation, otherwise they wouldn't bother driving up the price of everything. With this being the case, they would avoid deflating prices at all costs, which means staying away from packs. Of course, all of this is just speculation on my part, and I wouldn't know how the cloners manage their operations.

All I know is at the rate things are going, this game is going to become less sustainable over time. While inflation may create more card pack sales, over time this turns away new players and stifles growth. As cloners continue to cut into profits, and turn away newer players from the game due to massive inflation, Applibot may decide it's not worth their time to bother trying anymore. After all, as much as we complain about their supposed "greed", ultimately this is still a business and they need to be making money or else they wouldn't bother keeping this game afloat. While they do constantly seem to epically screw up at times, hacking the game to screw them and every honest player over can't exactly make things easier. Maybe they'd have more time to fix the game's problems if they weren't constantly dealing with player driven issues like this.