The land sale was definitely mismanaged... They could have made more money, and drawn in more people, if they just targeted the individual and small players first instead of the whales. The raffle was a smart and fair approach, but it targeted the wrong group. Investors could have still saved money in later phases by buying in bulk...
The paywall is terrible... Completely understand the need to better manage rewards but there are so many ways they could do it fairly without driving away casual players...
I expect I'm going to continue doing my daily quests up until land is actually implemented and then drop the game...
Thanks for posting.