Runes are even worse. (amt. recv'd per hit)

I don't expect Plarium is in any way unique in this. Many games are exactly the same. Seems they are by far not the worst in this.

Dave Sadler said:

... until they end this type of practice.

They won't, it's profitable or they wouldn't be doing it or continuing to do it.

... I can walk away from the game ...

Which will not materially affect their profitability, and so have no effect.

... and so can others. ... if enough walk away they suffer and believe me it is happening.

But not by enough to matter, or it would have happened already. They have continued to expand, so things are working for them, and they have no reason to change.

What 9 different games, 181 k's now in KaW, 40k towns per k makes something like 65 million customers. Even if 90% walk away ... that's still maintaining a sizable payroll and server farm(s).

Save your energy. Vote with your feet.

Not that you can't effect the change you'd like, with sufficient effort on what is, in the end, just a game, but I don't expect this Plarium KaW forum is anything but pouring your energy down a drain - vis a vis other social networking platforms.

It's working  people are leaving the novelty is wearing off. It's a big money pit of a game for sure. I took a look at the kingdoms and early Kingdoms were filling once a week, now its a month or more..

As far as player base that pays i would also suggest dividing that 40k players per kingdom by shared and alt accounts as well as than divide it further to those that are left and still paying. i would not be suprised if the actual amount of paying players is more likely in the hundreds of thousands across the board. With older Kingdoms paying players shifting to newer servers for more activity as well. Login numbers and town amounts are very misleading in a game structured around creating as many towns as you can hehe for a good example of a player base.

Best thing to do is move on and forget this style of  'game'.  Its more like a casino than a game of strategy anyways.

you can also get an idea on  the player base thru the Forum posts/views as well for another idea on how many play it, tens of thousands  maybe over the years...