Board Thread:The Gatehouse/@comment-24153309-20140125221853/@comment-20675445-20140130130005

First of all, requests and comments from users and volunteers are behind current pricing. If the game founder had had his way, you'd have been getting many more gems for subscribing. ( The related Trello card and this poll are small examples of how much the game's main designer takes user concerns and desires into consideration.)

The reason for a third option being more expensive is that if it includes more gems, it can't be a lot cheaper than buying the gems separately. I think gem content would need to be fleshed out more to support that, though.

If it were an option on the poll, I'd vote for just the first part of #3, at least for the time being,: 20 gems flat rate OR current 25-30 gems for $5.