User blog comment:Alfred cloutier/In-app purchases/@comment-27141866-20151218003656/@comment-27416613-20151218014920

The player willing to spend just gets to the "real" game faster. I say "real," meaning gold level play, and that's where you start to get to high level play. Meanwhile, the non-spending player is left behind. In your example above, you are admitting that even a good player is handicapped at high levels. If I buy my way in, I get to play and learn earlier than other players. Advantage me.