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Originally Posted by DrNefario
I'm thinking I've had plenty of freebies from Baen, and maybe I should start paying for stuff. I think I'll give it a miss.  |
They are in beta. The free books are payments for testing. One for adding 10 allies, another at 20 (not there yet; they cost enough now that I have to decide if I want to ally or buy items for the next project or feed people), one for reaching level 5. They have a "bar" set up in their forums, to discuss bugs (very little traffic, but some people have reached very high levels).
If you earn a coupon, have it sent right away (they are usually good for a year), as they do a reset now and then for the beta as they update code.
It's not all benign - everything you buy or build is tied to one or more books, so there are little book ads everywhere (easily ignored) and you can wishlist right from the game.