I disagree entirely - whilst there are fairly obvious benefits by buying diamonds, you can achieve just as much by not spending your money. Just things happen a little quicker by going the diamond route.
I think you are missing the point entirely here
Basherz ........ What I am actually saying is this game needs to be balanced better within the hoods with stringent protection put in place for the low ranked player (Diamond buyer or non-Diamond buyer).
I agree with you there are fairly obvious benefits by buying diamonds as I explained in my last post for both the player and InnoGames and again you are right in saying 'Just things happen a little quicker by going the diamond route.' and this is where you will find within the same hood a top player (Diamond buyer or not) with WWII Tanks and infantry attacking and plundering on a daily basis a very low ranked player (Diamond buyer or not) with knights and archers within the same hood.
The fact that most top players are Diamond buyers is pretty obvious ......
A non- Diamond buyer attacked every day and plundered (you can't be on-line 24/7 as most resources don't complete at the same time) by all the top players in the hood can't progress and feels stuck at the bottom as of course he is.
Stop those top Diamond buyers attacking the very low ranks in the hood and they will start attacking each other - thats not good for InnoGames as some Diamond buyers will become fed-up being plundered and stop playing (buying Diamonds) just as we are fed-up now.
So for us non- Diamond players we will just have to accept we are there to serve a purpose and we are of great value to InnoGames (easy pickins for the Diamond buyer) I hope InnoGames sees this and works hard to balance out the game - I really enjoy playing when I'm making good progress as I am sure we all do .........