Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11488613-20131202020552/@comment-24145588-20131202183849

You're right, a lot of the decorations are more expensive than they're worth, coin-wise. Doing the coins-per-minute calculation, you can see how long it would take for a decoration to pay for itself, assuming you made every collection (which no one really can). Yes, I've gone up as high as the Fossil-Osaurus, because that'll pay for itself in a reasonable amount of time. But there's no way I will spend $7M to make my Deedges happy ($2M for Zuffle Tree, $5M for Leafy Sea Dragon), even with the minor bonus that it will also make my Furcorns a little more happy. The only way I would consider it is if I was (a) rolling in cash, and (b) had already bought everything else that would be of more value to me.

$600K for a Yum-Yum Tree is crazy, when the only thing it affects is the Dandidoo. And don't even get me started on the Dragon Tower for the Scups!

Since they don't pay for themselves, why would you want the super-expensive decorations? Maybe because you think it's fun to get all your monsters as happy as possible, and go for a really high coins-per-minute rate (which I do). Or maybe you just think they look good and you like to landscape (which I also do -- it's why I've bought a lot of things in pairs, when only one is needed). But so far, I can't justify millions for decorations when I can be baking Turkeys instead, and leveling up my critters.

As to WHY they're so expensive, the answer to that is easy. If people want them, and don't have the patience to let their monsters earn all the gold needed, they'll spend a few bucks of real-world money to get it. That's why everything gets so expensive at higher levels. Have you seen the price of Castle upgrades on the Air and Water islands?

Have fun. It's just imaginary money, and time.