I have been playing Evony now for a little over a year, and have recently come to the conclusion, after another crushing assault because I did not have the 2500 Gems to spend on a Truce, that this game is designed to force spending, or be a monster...
I was thinking, and found that I believe it i very shady to force all players to be using bubbles to keep from getting destroyed. It is a common thing on my server to hear 'Always stay bubbled' because everyone gets hit HARD, even the elite as they get slammed from all sides by several members of the same Alliance. This goes to the very structure of the game itself, that you MUST constantly spend, or die, which I am not a rabid fan of. If you play, you know that Gems are not easy rto get, especially 2500 of them, every 3 days, requires a LOT of hours spent, and thus the accusations of being addictive.
One of the things that has floored me is the existence of that 1 Alliance on your server that makes it a terrible place ot play, we have them too, and if your bubble drops they are ON YOU, and take everything you spent weeks gathering up from you.
From a common sense standpoint, it IS an addictive thing, and you are not watched out for by the devs either. You get what you get, have fun.
I am adding to this negative review to inform people that the in game purchase system is horribly broken too...
There are an overwhelming amount of errors/ bugs / glitches in this game, especially for a game that brings in so much money for the developers, and they tend to pop up out of nowhere at the worst times.
The only true recourse is to try your hand at getting in touch with the company that made the game, for support, which is a waste of time and effort. Other than that, you could attempt to close the game, and reopen it a thousand times, hoping the glitch will fix itself, but I wouldn't hold your breath there honestly.
The entire game is so poorly designed that the hope of getting assistance is practically nonexistent, and they almost NEVER patch their mistakes, so if it is messing up, that is just what it will now do from here out!