This game and the company that manages it has got to be one of the most misleading things I've ever seen. They did a "economic overhaul" and all players who sell horses have to be taxed on the sale price. The 10% of funds go to a "community piggy bank" where you can buy special items for easily obtained "equus" instead of store bought "passes". The thing that makes me, and a lot of other players, mad is that there is no announcement of the "community piggy bank" opening to buy the items. They send out other almost worthless emails about the game, but can't bother to send out a notification that players put their earned time into happening? They also implemented this feature for the sake of curving "item and pass trafficking". Bogus.
There are also more and more reports of accounts that have had hundreds, if not thousands, of real dollars put into being hacked. Howrse's website is a very simple, hackable script. And their security features are so simple it's very easy to hack other player's accounts. Howrse, your players out TIME, MONEY, ENERGY and FAITH in you and your game. Step up and be held accountable to your actions! Offering a player who spent hundreds of dollars into your company an almost worthless starting pack after her account and hundreds of literally irreplaceable horses are lost is ABSOLUTELY OBSURD! This is what turns long time players off of putting more money into your game!