Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-37437697-20181113234653/@comment-35065776-20181114021500

Early on I had a 'budget' that I found ways around; my cellphone carrier allowed up to $100 in Google Play purchases on the monthly phone bill, and Paypal doesn't even have a limit (other than that of your credit card). I never went absolutely crazy, but I did tend to lose sight of what was a 'really good' purchase and what was just handy at the moment. So I let things go a bit.

Then, when my phone died, I remembered I had a tablet they had added to my plan as a bonus for renewing, which I had disconnected from the carrier since we never used it and it was incurring a monthly 'existence' fee. So I put the game on that device, which is handy because it can't put any purchases on the phone bill, and I don't have it connected to Paypal, so there's no way I can make any in-game purchases any more except for with rubies. And while I don't have as many extra energy items or special talismans as I used to, I still get by. I get exp and energy talismans from collections, and I saved up enough keys and diagrams that I can craft an occasional talisman as well if I run short. Or I can just play without any talismans - which isn't such a bad thing, since there's always an event going and often we need the event APs more than anything else, and those aren't affected by talismans. And I'm not anxious to storm through the levels to get to the 'top', since I enjoy the quests and when you get to the top you apparently run out of quests, at least temporarily. So I'm doing fine not spending any money. Thank goodness. :-)