CIM said:
And well a lot of things are "unfair" to those who do not pay for the game and play for free
Well, it is more fair now that a half year ago... before, it was very hard to grow without spending money... hit every day because you cannot afford a single shield...
Now, with the 10 lvl in event, when you are in a clan, you can make hundred of thousand gold in a week
I have do the test... new city, join clan, receive some rss from clan as help... participating in clan event at the minimum... train 1 t1 for clan training event... send the t1 on a free tile for a cvc... etc... was able to grow the city to lvl 16 in 10 days... lvl 21 in 2 weeks... this is possible now... it was not 6 month ago...
So plarium is far from perfect but they have really allow new player who play for free to grow somehow fast... after lvl 21, it is more hard but them you can yield as hell and make good score in several personal event along with clan/global event... it is hard work but it is possible...
As the shaman thing, it is a work in progress... with time, plarium will add more armor type... will not surprise me that they will make stronghold armor for shaman in a year of two... somehow as it have happen with the hero in the last few years... with time, you will be able to buy a lot of thing for shamen with the gold from event... but you will need to work ( play ) for it...