Not that this is an answer to your question.. Well.. 

But if people are willing to pay vs what they get right now, it wont get cheaper/better.

If it aint a success, they will make the so called carrot bigger. 

It's going to cost you a small fortune to pimp your guardians or if you do it the "free" way, plan on hours of game play and years of building it

Most people will end up with Grade 3 maaybe a 4 or two.

Grade 5's.. Hell no. Never.

First I need the grade 5.. And then to do the enlightenment.. hahaha.. I need specific grade 5's to retire.. aaahahaa..

- aaand I can only get my hands on these grade 5's spending dollars. - plus that package is no guarantee, its grade 4 or 5. hahaaa

And I do not only need 1 grade 5.. I would like all my guardians to be as high as possible.. grade 5? hahahhahahaa

How many 5s do you aim for Archon? hahaha

MONEEEEEEEYY

you are right about time consuming. I might have to pick a server and stick to one city. Server hoping is definitely no longer viable unless you're the jobless stay at home type. No offense to some who are. My question still left unanswered. was hoping the mods who claim he /she also play on facebook to come in and give some insight.

Hello!

Yes, Guardians are time consuming feature and if you want to have powerful and upgraded Guardians you need to sepnd time on them.

In the future, devs plan to add Events that will allow you to get Guardians XP faster and correspondingly upgrade them faster. Plus, in such Events you will be able to win more Summoning Bonds than in fights with Warlords.

Ah Drag you're just the man I was looking for, I probably have the same starters pack that you post above. Even as a starter pack and the best "best bang for your buck" pack related to guardians, it only offer 1544% extra. I was basically asking if there will be a pack in the near future that contain guardian related items and carry something like this much in extras. 

This new feature is not new... its just another type of elixir but with specific uses so you need different ones for every situation... Very costly and time consuming to obtain and an absolute ZERO as far as game enhancement or fun is concerned. 

I will not be spending any money or time on this.  I really feel that adding this type of feature is disrespectful to all players.  Plarium has just told all of us that to stay competitive in this game you must spend more money and more time with no other reward than to just keep up with your neighbor... The game was already tedious and time consuming to play now it tries to grab more time and money.I think I finally have had enough.  Time to let go of this addiction.

Coeus said:

Most people will end up with Grade 3 maaybe a 4 or two.

once again I beg to differ - not a penny spent here on emeralds and also I only really hit them when a tournament is on and then just chip away for about 30 mins tops most days 

morteeee said:

Coeus said:

Most people will end up with Grade 3 maaybe a 4 or two.

once again I beg to differ - not a penny spent here on emeralds and also I only really hit them when a tournament is on and then just chip away for about 30 mins tops most days 

What? 

I say most will end up with Grade 3's and a 1-2 Grade 4's..

- and now you show me 4 ( wow FOUR ) and a bunch of Grade 3's and 2's... hahaha

As I said.. Most will end up with Grade 3's... And a few 4's... morteeee has 4.     

- so how long did you play the guardians?

- and where is your grade 5? - on one of all your other accounts? Oh yes.

1) I dont multi account, never have and never will

2) am just showing that even with the minimum of effort and NO coining grade 4's are achievable (including 2 enlightened ones) 

3) you said one or two grade 4's, there are 4 there with 10 grade 3's racked and stacked ready to level those up to next rank the next tournament when the payouts are decent 

if you really wanna get pedantic I can grab hold of screens of my team's top guardian player who is usually number 1 spot in tournaments and who hasn't spent one penny/dime on guardians 

Pedantic? Me? No you?    

But you can get your friends or whatever, I can discuss with all of you at the same time and still come out like a Champion every time. 

I am the elephant in the room. Pedantic? hahaa

So.. You quote me, like I am telling something way of.. to reply with screenshots showing exactly what I said.

Why did I talk about more accounts....... I asked where is your Grade 5? It doesnt show on the so called main account, so where is it?

"I had a holy one drop a couple of weeks ago, couldnt believe my eyes! lol" - morteeee

So again is that Grade 5 on one of your other accounts, or do you lie a lot? Retired it?

- think for a second before you reply, so you dont look stupid, again. "if you really wanna get pedantic".. Maybe you should have your Grade 5 chief to help you reply this one.

I am allergic to average. 

I don't like negative energy, especially not towards me.

- and for no reason

So please leave me alone or go in hard. 

Blessed and unstoppable.

the holy bond that dropped for me opened a grade IV sadly, not a V as they can be either however grade V's do drop from those from time to time 

I have no need or desire to argue the point with you, however you stated that you could get one or two grade IV's without coining and I was illustrating that you get and will get more than that without coining and also without sitting clicking for hours every day which is part of my duties as a moderator, to aid with advice, give hints and tips and ensure that the forums remain and pleasant place for all to visit and make sure forum rules are adhered to