Disinsentive to progress,complete in events,even play
There is thread on the forum about the inequality in the present ranking system, and I could've perhaps posted there instead.
However I think there is a deeper issue here.
The issue is widespread,but will just give one example.
I am currently in the League of Conquerors, and will not even be able to make the 2nd target in the invader hunt, where the reward is 4000 gold.
I've recently despatched my first level 4 invader , just to see what happened, and how much energy, it would cost.
It would take a large chunk of my remaining reserves,just to kill another,and it wouldnt make much of a dent in making the 2nd target.
I checked on the Rookie level,the player at the top of this league is palace 21 and will probably win the 200,000 gold, somewhere else is another player in a rookie league and who is palace 26.
This player is so far advanced they can,need to disguise their Shaman and Hero equiment, the clan even has the POP.
I dont expect the owners to give stuff away easily,but you need 10,000 gold a week,just to cover the cost of a shield.
8,000 gold per day to afford the luxury of Hero and Shaman experience boost.
If I go to palace 21, I will probably find myself in the League of Master s, where I know that the targets will be even harder to reach, and so the amount of gold I can accumulate will go down yet again.
Progress costs, and it seems you just end up chasing a receding target.