battle grounds now have payouts almost every battle however the payouts are worthless. as you will looks say 150 dragons and you will get back 25  not a good ratio. But after a couple days of losing almost everything you will get one big payout that still doesn't make up for what you spent to get there. The item you win aren't really worth much.and honestly upgrading any item that isn't dragon legendary is a waste of earned shards. a way of slightly increasing your troop payout is to have resources full during your bg however  payouts still usually don't equal the losses you incure. if you pay attention you will notice if you are low on resources a bg you thought would pay out great paysout a lil but gives you over 100k of one of the resources. not 100 percent sure it actually affects anything but is my theory.

but main point was are bgs worth it.. its the only  part of game I still slightly enjoy but even I have to say NO << NO THEY ARE NOT WORTH IT

@GOODGAWDNOOOO

Well keep doing it than and you will get the rewards for sure.

When you get one, Share it here so we can prove the point that you will get rewards if you keep doing it. (& yeah that reward worth waiting)

Or run out of units......

@GoodGawdnooo

please do not count that your rewards are just from BG to BG,

Your bank value is still their & you will get payout for that.

You send in units worth 1 Million, get payout for 0.2 million

0.8 is their and you will get it back.  All you need is to try/identify one strategy that works in BG

for an example, check this thread

http://plarium.com/forum/en/pirates-tides-of-fortune/game-discussion/topics/prize-winnings--/

FaZi said:

@GoodGawdnooo

please do not count that your rewards are just from BG to BG,

Your bank value is still their & you will get payout for that.

You send in units worth 1 Million, get payout for 0.2 million

0.8 is their and you will get it back.  All you need is to try/identify one strategy that works in BG

This is nonsense. You're basically saying you get back everything you wasted (0,2 + 0,8) - and only need to discover the right strategy?

Right! There are people here that play 100s of BGs a month, and they're all still waiting for that 0,8 to magically appear in some fantastic payout. The total sum of everyones experience is that Plarium now makes sure you get far smaller payouts in total - with that silly PR BS about "now you get something every time"!

First of all i don't know how others are but i know your level now.

2ndly investments do not give you any immediate return & this is the world wide rule.

To be more specific you get 8-12% interest on the units you lost in BG, if we come to the RL life rule if we put 1000 in bank we get 8.5% in how much time? Do you have any idea about it?

Than put that rule here & learn to listen & accept instead of creating more drama.