Your original point was that this meant i was not affected by the premium changes. I understand what you said above, and you are 100% right - but respectfully, it is irrelevant. i am affected by these changes just as much as you are.
If you are affected by it just as I am, it is because you
choose too. If you limited your gameplay to TW.net, you wouldnt be.
By way of example, just as any player who plays two worlds on a single server needing premium would have to buy premium twice as often (a matter of
choice, which in turn doubles one's expense); the fact you play on two different servers follows that same principle. If you were not a moderator here, you would have to pay separate premiums for both .net and .no....if you moderated on both servers you wouldn't have to pay anything.
For myself....I limit myself to one world on .net simply because I can't afford the premium costs to maintain multiple accounts. On West, I play all 12 worlds, but utilize premium on only one. On Grepolis, I will not buy premium at all due to how outrageously overpriced it is....and that would hold true even if I didn't also pay on TW or West.
That is a matter of my choice....and limitations of affordability due to being on a fixed low income.
As it stands, I currently have to save up $20.00 a month for 3 months just to buy the cheapest valued (but conversely the most expensive singular outlay) for premium points in both West and TW.....otherwise I would be one of those buying it month to month (and spending
much more) just to have what is a virtual necessity in Tribal Wars once you reach a certain account size. With the new price hike, instead of doing that once every 8-10 months, I will be needing to buy premium more often due to there no longer being a monthly breakdown....and it is either that or end up going a few days without premium until the next paycheck hits.
I don't know about you or anyone else here, but I can honestly say for myself, with a fixed income that hasn't changed (while damn near everything else has gone up in cost due to inflation, recession, and taxation) in the last 3 years of only $680.00 a month....if I
choose to keep playing Tribal Wars after my current premium expires, the expense will be far greater than I can uncomfortably budget for.
