I've realized what makes me really dislike this game. It's quite well constructed (minus some horrible imbalances - carpenter can't make many useful things, but is key in building improvements). For any of the characters though, scrolling through 50 recipes only to learn that I can only use ANY of them by paying money is a total bummer. Yes, developers should make money, but this is pretty ridiculous.
If you can't understand how to make money off of a free game without spoiling it, perhaps you should just be pay-to-play.
bah, I was almost to lvl 50.. fun game. a bit unbalanced towards the money-spenders, but I understand that. keep up the good work, and please get a better spellcheck. It's embarrassing.