Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-31526827-20190907063702/@comment-27798333-20190907173159

Eyespy wrote: Stating the obvious - it's to make players so frustrated they'll cave in and purchase VIP. The original goal was to get players to spend gold on instant servicing, and I believe it still is. Most people will see vip as actual money spent, but a few GC as merely "virtual" money. This structure was added well before VIP was available.