I knew I had no chance, and always intended to just pick up the book. Ignoring the archer event I don't think 11k points for a book is awful
I've got 2 people in my group that are battling, they're both at 25k (25k and 24.5K) and the amount of resources these two are gonna burn battling each other is just insane. I'm at least entertained waiting to see if one gives up