I was just saying this to valk the other day: The number of events is going on per year. They are now coming monthly! It used to be 4 or so events per year. The christmas wheel, the map thingy, the easter and assassin event. Next is that the prices for charges, stones, ingredients etc is going up steadily. The Christmas Wheel was the height of being shameless. It was stacked agaisnt you, it was not even close to fair towards you, it made you spend aton of gold for a meager return.
Now the easter with the buying of recipes in the disguise of "making it more fair for players" If you want to make it more fair then find another way to get those, they should be not buyable but unlockable due to actions. But this is just another moneygrabbing thing. Just not worth it. I wonder what they will think of next that will ask us to pay for something? I am just waiting for the day they will give you the option to scout ahead a city for gold, to buy 50% more attack for your next attack, to instant summon units etc etc.
The events were always some kinda extra option thing to get some units and nice stuff for the ones with gold BUT it was always fair in that you could get some good returns if you got even only 5k or 10k gold. But with those changes it is not fair anymore. The ones who spend 100k + gold will get returns that the ones who wont do it pay dearly.
I love this game very much but Inno is becoming like the drug dealer down the street: First you get it for free, then you get it cheap and then they take you for all you have. Lesser Events, lesser short term thinking of how to milk your players, more improvements of the game, more making it fair for the players. We will always pay for Grepo because it is our hobby and it is fair to pay for all those hours, weeks, months and years we put into this game. Afterall, Grepo got big because of its community so do not milk them for cash but return the love.