The beginning of the end for this game has begun. From my experience with similar games once they start consolidating kingdoms, thats the first sign interest has declined, and yes its started with GOW. Why spend thousands of dollars on a dying game. Yes if you want to have any fun you will need to spend thousands. Even if the game survives a while this is what gameplay has become. %5 of the time you will be fighting for a wonder. The other %95 you will either be shielding and just chatting or not online, or you will be looking for people who are offline to attack. So pretty much fighting against nobody. The game is designed for people to forget about shielding. There is no fighting between alliances while people are online. One side is always offline. You will see what I mean. Try attacking someone who is online and see what happens. Or you could just take my advice.
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