so maybe you want to pay for the game? this is a free game and people who pay a lot of money give you the opportunity to play for free
As far as i can tell nobody here is proposing a ban on gold, they are just proposing to make gold available to be used after beginners protection ends. So people that want to gold can just end beginners protection early.
Also, similar topics always come up about gold use and limitations. They all end up being stupid arguments between each side. There is always a middle ground that can appeal to both sides. I know those of us who have used gold wish we didn't spend as much as we did later on down the road. Gold is here for a reason, so Grepolis can make money and pay employees. Nobody is asking them to work for free as far as I'm aware.
The people that pay in the thousands every world are pretty much guaranteed to find a place in the winning alliance as long as they don't go out of their way to make everyone hate them. The people that pay a couple hundred a world are still paying a lot for a game when you compare it to alternative means of entertainment, but they are at a severe disadvantage right out the gate.
I guess what I'm leading up to is that there is a way for all sides to meet in the middle and nerf gold in some way that isn't the price.
Make golding buildings only cut the time in half is one option that I personally would support.
The OP proposal of blocking gold use till after beginners protection ends is another option, but this option seems pretty bad because all it does is delay the gold use so the gold free players can get disappointed 7 days in instead of 2.
There is a way but it will never be found or implemented, the current system is just a vacuum sucking the cash out of our wallets and grep loves the heck outa that. They feast on the addicted.