i don't know if this would work, but what if they had an option where you could agree to watch commercials/in-game advertisements in exchange for 150 or 200 mist energy a day?
Or some kind of energy for advertisement model. That way people that need it can play a little more, and 3 rings could (possibly/hopefully) get some advertising dollars compliments of players who wouldn't have paid to play in the 1st place.
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