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Date: 2019-12-17 10:09 pm (UTC)Dragon "breed" and "genes" can be changed with "scrolls." Some scrolls cost treasure, which you earn by in-game activities; some cost gems, which you mostly buy. You can earn them through play, but it's very slow. (E.g. if you keep your dragons fed, you get 1 per day after the first three days. 1200-2400 gems buys a gene scroll...) Sample dragon - currently all basic (no genes) but with lots of apparel; scroll down in the "info" box for ideas of how I could scroll her up. (Almost none of those options involve premium-currency scrolls, because I'm usually not willing to pay for them.)
You can also buy some apparel and "familiars" with gems, and of course, there's an in-game economy that involves both treasure and gems.
But there are no unique gem-only items. Once players have them, some of those players will sell for treasure; current exchange rates are roughly 1000 treasure to 1 gem. I can easily pick up 100k treasure in a day (in about an hour of play, maybe an hour and a half); hardcore players who go all-out can make a lot more.
So the split between "money players" and everyone else isn't as bad as in many games; often, it's a trade-off between "money players" and "time players" who have the time for grinding for treasure.