But there IS strategy here when it comes to payouts. Take my situation for example. I know that I can sit at rank 2 or 3 after 4pm and not be battled. When 7pm rolls around there's two people sho battle it out for rank 1 when payout hits. One guy goes for the stunning Raid Han start and makes sure he can target my Jawa Engineer. Another guy switches to a Rex lead to try and take on my droids. I can beat both easily but don't want to be locked out at the 5 minute window.
I've found that one opponent always tries to lock me down two minutes ahead of the 5 minute window and switches his raid han to a Sun Fac in hopes of drawing out the match to a tie should I come in at 6:58 after he's done running down the clock. Fortunately B2 gets rid of those pesky taunts and let's me sneak a win in under 2 minutes. But that opponent can also wait till 5 minutes exact to see if I'm not paying attention and lock me out completely.
Do I attack at 7 minutes? Do I attack at 5? Do I wait for him to waste a battle and skirt by with a 2-minute win? I have to look at the characters of both my opponents, gauge who's attacking who and when, and decide when to attack so I can't be beaten under two minutes.
That's strategy.
