I think that is absolute rubbish and this from a player who has loved this game for almost 12 years, you do NOT need to spend real money to enjoy this game
I don't disagree, but that misses the point I was making. To me, and to many players who have commented in this forum, the changes which have been made in the last year or so, and especially the last six months, have changed the game in such a way as to make it far less enjoyable. For example, they have completely removed any competitive element from GBG in diamond league and transformed it into a tedious slog. At the same time Inno have given themselves and unpleasant image, that they are motivated by greed and don't care to preserve the things which used to make it enjoyable.