" Gold is a convenience, not a necessity. "
It takes you 6days to build a ship....thats an empty hull with the gun that cant take down a goldfish.....1 ship
a fleet can hold 5....so theres 30days...then you gotta equip them....idk how long that will take, but must be forever.
So after forever has arrived and your prized ships finaly done.....the next tier of ships made it pretty useless.
So you gotta speed things up to keep up.....and guess what....thats where gold is for.
Those that do well without buying gold (if theres such a thing), are unemployed and dont have to go anywhere