Playing pending the release of IOS update

what are people’s motivation to continue playing pending the release of the update? with the updates to crystalline, eternalize, etc. what are the best rationales to continue going pending the release of the IOS app?

Farming gold, crystals and mythstones - can’t ever have too much of any!

Playing version 1.8 has merits in itself — you can hoard millions of gold, for example.