This is the pure unfiltered definition of P2W. You already have to drop gems to get 1 star (speeding up the hatch time) but you also have to drop multiple hundreds if not thousands of gems into 2 and 3 stars. Absolutely dumb.

Yup. Then again, previous offers were like 900 gems or something like that for 2stars, 500 gems for a 1star. It's maddening, but fair. If it was easy, it'd be pointless . Technically, it's cheaper I suppose, lol.

Closing this as it is NOTHING new and all race related discussions go in the race topic. Not to mention there have been several posts proving that a higher ranked legend will do better than a high ranked heroic. While there will be some who complete these quests there will not be that many that it will break the game. And sorry but that P2W name is actually misleading. Yes there are some who Pay 2 play but these are not the only way to "win" in the game.... In fact the only thing these empowered dragons do is make it easier to clear one of the three arenas of a season, the first and last arenas do not allow heroics so how is it these are helping anyone to "win". Not to mention the rewards they get in the top 10 slots are not enough to break anything or put anyone that far ahead. So if there are those who want to waste their gems and/or money to finish these and other high cost features, then they are free to do it as it is their money and their time.

Woo sorry that went farther than I expected, this is in no way a rant against the OP, it is just my opinion on the P2W statement as well as the complaint about SP trying to make money or those who are &&&* enough to fall into their trap. It's a game, yes there are some free features but realistically there are features that are not, SP is a company who not only needs to make money to keep their company open but to keep giving you a game. If this does not satisfy you, then don't play it, find a game that is completely free that meets your needs. But don't fault the company for trying to make money nor the players who want to spend theirs. Everyone here has the choice how they want to play and what they want to spend, SP is so generous enough to provide all tiers of player the opportunities to get what is within their comfort zone (yes this is sarcasm).