Not really, it allowed players to play on PC. It also allowed iEra to spread, because most players used Facebook to socializing bring more players to the game. Having a great affect to the game to grow.
That's only what was expected. It didn't bring many good impacts. Instead, it brought negative impacts such as the use of the Cheat engine since that's only for PC.
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