I like the fake ad version better. it's honestly more fun to just run outside the gate, whack a monster 69 times and then breaking the phones processing ability by making so much meat and gold that it literally cannot keep up. the actual game itself is more involved yes. but I like the fake version 1000x more because it's simple, and it's just fun to see how much money/meat i can get before my phone crashes.

Pay to win, but can still be enjoyable. There are events that you cannot complete without spending, most others are very difficult to win without spending even if you play 16 hours a day. Most items (e.g. Relics) that allow you to compete are only available through purchases. I have played with friends for six months. It is not a free to play friendly game. It is the people playing that make it enjoyable. The only competitive players in our guild spend over $400/month.

game developers do not take feedback. you present an issue and they send a generic answer telling you everything is perfect. for a pay to play game with as many bugs as it has not to mention the chaos of events and inconsistent reminders for said events and collections, it's a massive waste of time and funds. players drop off regularly and they create more servers than make sense to support.