I don’t have an issue spending money on this. I don’t buy the deals for cards since it’s just a chance of me getting what I want rather than a sure thing. At least this cuts down on the worst aspect of the game for me.
Plus looking at the multipliers above the Vagrants heads puts things in perspective. I’m honestly surprised it took them this long to do it but for me it’s one of the more reasonable expenditures for the game.
It is one of the things that is actually worth investing a little in if you want to save yourself some time by grinding less. I just don't like it whenever people try to pretend that they are superior to others just because they always feel the need to use real money on this game and try to give themself this special status by claiming that the game can't survive without them and blah, blah, blah.
The mentality I use is work smarter not harder. There really isn't much of a virtue speeding ages leveling a character when the game is about playing other people.
It's not p2w it's just saving you the grind.
Part of spending money is being smart with it. Rather then spend it on the "lottery" with the boxes you can get a sure thing and save a LOT of time. The game needs money after all.
Grinding to lv45 is such a boring chore however, that I don't mind spending money so Mai can be lv45 and I can get Queen already and start playing Amazoness.