In part I agree with you - but why would you waste money on something like this or not. If the developers want to introduce it into the game, all good and fine - as long as it does not impact the players that are smart enough not to flush their money down the drain. There really is no reason to buy diamonds ever - you are retired, you have plenty of extra time - well, FoE is highly designed for players like you - take your time, and do not worry about the cash grabs. Besides, if the developers were not finding people to buy these sort of things, they would not introduce them into the game - and if there were not players buying some of these 'higher' end items, then the game as a whole would suffer, since the free-to-play side of things would be diminished. As it is, there is a good balance between Free and Pay to play, and only Pay To Play finds a need to rush through the game - the Free to Play can recognize the pace that the game is designed for and do not need to Pay. So no reason for you to be thinking of leaving for a non-reason like this.