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I think the ultimate test of a business model has to lie with the customers. Achaea, Aetolia, and Imperian make money and have very few players launching attacks like this one. Given IRE games' playerbase, that's impressive.
There are also quite a number of people who spend no money at all on IRE games despite playing for years. They're obviously not so disgusted by the system that they feel they cannot compete with those who pay. If this is a crime, who's claiming to be the victim? Disgruntled people like Kimberly don't count; even if you detest Achaea, you can't view her claims as anything but ludicrous.
(Incidentally, I know Threshold used to have a system that amounted to pay for perks. It may have changed, but I'll leave that to the people who know Threshold better than I do.)
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