Farm Valley Merge so expensive

I totally agree with you, I love the Farm Valley Merge but it is way to expensive.  I hate to say it but I think I am going to have to quit playing it due to the expense.  The levels get harder and longer to achieve, the crystals are almost never replenished, the energy is very slow at replenishing and the tool boxes cost way to many energy to complete.  And I have no idea how I can ever get enough crystals to open the next pink area which cost over 5000 crystals.  Sure would like it if they could make it a little more user friendly instead of just all about the money.

I've managed to play and level up just fine despite only spending a bit of actual money for the extra worker for a week because I have so many toolboxes - aside from that I just wait for my energy to replenish and then go back into game.   I haven't opened any pink areas yet, just the ones available as I level up.  

 This is a definite money grab. You buy a plot, which progressively gets smaller as you buy, and then you have to clear trees and break rocks on those plots, which uses up all your energy. Never open any of the chests! Just let them sit until they disappear. Opening them just takes up what limited space you have. That's the whole point... run you out of space until you're forced to buy more.

If I get a chest and don't want to open it, I just dig it up with the spade and free up the space.   No need to wait until it times out.  

It was fun while it lasted. But most definitely too expensive to continue. And the clutter. How many times does it take to dispose of tool boxes with an endless number of wrenches. The quantity of three does not apply to much of the accumulation. Even the expense of removing a tree or a large rock increases in cost. A lot of effort went into creating this game and the content was fun and challenging, have to say, no more. 

I love playing farm merge but now I am stuck, I have purchased all the land it will let me with my coins 1-17 plots now 18-40 says to keep merging and doesn't give me a price for the plot of land and how do I know if I am merging the right thing. I am not paying for extra hands or paying for pink plots for they are too expensive. Looks like another game lost without finishing. 

Hi - if you click on your level avatar it'll tell you how many points you need to level up, and it's just points you need and not any particular merges.  You get more points for 5-merges and advanced levels (so the three-flower soybeans are more points when merged than the one-flower or sprout soybeans).  Every time you merge you'll likely get a pop-up top center that shows how many points you still need.  I'm still working on making all the materials for teh BBQ to open, so need more rocks and trees!