Very pleased to see this response and the change from gacha to shop for premium! Thank you so much for listening. Not only does this avoid real gambling, but IMO it adds value to the premium option with the convenience of choosing which item you want! A sensible action which I think bodes well for the future.

It's actually quite interesting to me to read about how staff/founders were making the game with fond memories of fun chance machines. I know for myself, I don't actually associate gacha spins with fun and they aren't really a perk of the game for me - I don't mind them, but they don't actively enhance the game. I think I kinda assumed they were a way of adding difficulty to gameplay more than anything - I'm too aware of the aspect that its like, well maybe I'll get what I want, maybe I won't. I'm not suggesting that dappervolk remove all the gacha machines or anything - just musing on differences in perspective on gacha games and wondering if the way chance games and loot boxes have been used in popular games has shaped my perspective and perhaps also the perspective of others in recent years.