What's more, it's quite expensive to buy with real money. Depending on the offer you go for, it clocks in at about 1 (GBP) per 2000 gold, meaning that the ability to skip just 6 and a half hours of construction costs the same as a cheap loaf of bread. This adds an element of balance - when it's so easy to obtain in bulk legitimately, and so costly to manually purchase, surely most people ought to play fair...