I'm gonna go ahead and chime in as someone who hasn't played very much of this game yet (for reasons):

Part of why I can't find the motivation to keep playing this game very much currently (and I say "currently" with a hopeful outlook on the future), is because I really don't feel like I'm getting anywhere. I started this game without any kind of Patreon reward, and feel like I have a massive disadvantage over people who paid.

The waiting periods for every single step along the way are pretty demotivating, and make even checking into the site for just a little bit somewhat tedious and not very engaging. (This is my main problem actually; I feel the site is really trying to get people to spend RLC to shorten waiting like a lot of mobile games do.)

There's a difference between spending RLC for certain special rewards, and spending RLC to even be able to play the game at an enjoyable (if casual!) pace, and unfortunately I feel pixpets is currently the latter.

That being said, I do enjoy some of the gameplay mechanics, but hope there will be at least some changes made to cooldowns and the like.