Is it just me, or does the current reward system seem illogical and in need of improvement?

I recently realized that the weekly event rewards are exactly the same for all divisions!

It doesn’t matter if you finish 1st in Aurodium or 1st in Carbonite—you get the same rewards. At the very least, there should be clear differences in weekly rewards based on the division you’re fighting in.

All our lives we’ve been taught that it’s better to be the worst among the best than the best among the weakest. Right now, CG’s system punishes players who strive for better results. On top of that, smaller accounts often have to fight, for example, in Bronzium against accounts with three times their GP. Why? Because it’s worth it for those players to stay there, rack up easy wins, and then throw a few battles here and there to avoid fighting opponents at their actual GP level.

Let me give you my personal example.

My account is around 6.5M GP. In Aurodium, I was regularly finishing 2nd to 4th, and sometimes even 1st, in the weekly events in Aurodium. Because of that efficiency, I recently got promoted to Kyber 5—where I now regularly lose because the number of squads required is beyond the depth of my roster. So now I end up finishing either 8th or somewhere between 7th and 5th in most rounds.

Which means… it was actually more profitable for me to purposely lose in Aurodium to avoid moving up to Kyber, rather than keep winning and then face much stronger rosters.

And no, 10 crystals difference per day between A1 and K5 does not make a difference :)

And here’s the simple math.

If I finish 2nd-4th three times in weekly events, I get:

• 1,500 Crystals (3x500)
• 4,800 Championship Tokens (3x1,600)
• 450 Mk I (3x150)
• 6 Zetas (3x2)
• Plus the end-of-season Championship reward.

But if I finish 8th three times in Kyber, I get:

• 300 Crystals (3x100)
• 2,241 Championship Tokens (3x747)
• 150 Mk I (3x50)
• And zero Zetas.

Even if you add the end-of-season Championship reward for Kyber 5, the overall payout doesn’t come close to balancing out. And even if I manage to win one round, it still doesn’t make up for the difference.

Does CG plan to do something about it?

Is it just me, or does the current reward system seem illogical and in need of improvement?

I recently realized that the weekly event rewards are exactly the same for all divisions!

It doesn’t matter if you finish 1st in Aurodium or 1st in Carbonite—you get the same rewards. At the very least, there should be clear differences in weekly rewards based on the division you’re fighting in.

All our lives we’ve been taught that it’s better to be the worst among the best than the best among the weakest. Right now, CG’s system punishes players who strive for better results. On top of that, smaller accounts often have to fight, for example, in Bronzium against accounts with three times their GP. Why? Because it’s worth it for those players to stay there, rack up easy wins, and then throw a few battles here and there to avoid fighting opponents at their actual GP level.

Let me give you my personal example.

My account is around 6.5M GP. In Aurodium, I was regularly finishing 2nd to 4th, and sometimes even 1st, in the weekly events in Aurodium. Because of that efficiency, I recently got promoted to Kyber 5—where I now regularly lose because the number of squads required is beyond the depth of my roster. So now I end up finishing either 8th or somewhere between 7th and 5th in most rounds.

Which means… it was actually more profitable for me to purposely lose in Aurodium to avoid moving up to Kyber, rather than keep winning and then face much stronger rosters.

And no, 10 crystals difference per day between A1 and K5 does not make a difference :)

And here’s the simple math.

If I finish 2nd-4th three times in weekly events, I get:

• 1,500 Crystals (3x500)
• 4,800 Championship Tokens (3x1,600)
• 450 Mk I (3x150)
• 6 Zetas (3x2)
• Plus the end-of-season Championship reward.

But if I finish 8th three times in Kyber, I get:

• 300 Crystals (3x100)
• 2,241 Championship Tokens (3x747)
• 150 Mk I (3x50)
• And zero Zetas.

Even if you add the end-of-season Championship reward for Kyber 5, the overall payout doesn’t come close to balancing out. And even if I manage to win one round, it still doesn’t make up for the difference.

Does CG plan to do something about it?

I agree with where you are going with this and do think there needs to be a rework, but that being said, let's look at some math. If you lose a round in Kyber, you get 200 crystal vs 150 in Aurodium (extra 50 for winning as well). So using your logic, that will be 9 battles per championship which nets you an extra 450 crystals in Kyber. If you purposefully lose to stay in Aurodium, then you won't be getting 2-4th all 3 times. I'm sure you can sneak in a 5-7th in Kyber once as well. So, say you get 2-4th two times and a 5-7th 1 time in Aurodium, that's 1250. Now Kyber 8th twice and 5-7th once is 600. Add your extra Kyber crystals for losses and your at 1050. Add in the extra 230 you get at Kyber 5 instead of Aurodium 1 championship and now you're at 1280. Crystal wise, you're about even, but you are still losing out on zetas and some other things.

In my opinion, I believe this is why some players purposefully tank a week in GAC, as you have stated, so that they can get some of the 2-4th or even 1st rewards, rather than taking 8th or 5-7th in the next league up. There should be some guarantees for taking 5-7th or even 8th in the upper tiers in GAC. You fought to get up there, so 8th place in Kyber 5 should be more lucrative than anything in Aurodium. Maybe CG can just up the crystals per loss to like 250. That would net an extra 500 just for being at the bottom of K5 compared to A1.

I agree with where you are going with this and do think there needs to be a rework, but that being said, let's look at some math. If you lose a round in Kyber, you get 200 crystal vs 150 in Aurodium (extra 50 for winning as well). So using your logic, that will be 9 battles per championship which nets you an extra 450 crystals in Kyber. If you purposefully lose to stay in Aurodium, then you won't be getting 2-4th all 3 times. I'm sure you can sneak in a 5-7th in Kyber once as well. So, say you get 2-4th two times and a 5-7th 1 time in Aurodium, that's 1250. Now Kyber 8th twice and 5-7th once is 600. Add your extra Kyber crystals for losses and your at 1050. Add in the extra 230 you get at Kyber 5 instead of Aurodium 1 championship and now you're at 1280. Crystal wise, you're about even, but you are still losing out on zetas and some other things.

In my opinion, I believe this is why some players purposefully tank a week in GAC, as you have stated, so that they can get some of the 2-4th or even 1st rewards, rather than taking 8th or 5-7th in the next league up. There should be some guarantees for taking 5-7th or even 8th in the upper tiers in GAC. You fought to get up there, so 8th place in Kyber 5 should be more lucrative than anything in Aurodium. Maybe CG can just up the crystals per loss to like 250. That would net an extra 500 just for being at the bottom of K5 compared to A1.

As you said, crystal wise, it doesn't look that bad, but the loss on zetas and mod materials (and they are so essential!), no one will compensate me. 

Definitely, the reward system should be balanced in such a way that it always pays to climb up, and even losing in the league above should bring better resources than winning in the league below. Such a fix would not require so much interference (as in creating appropriate algorithms that would take into account both skill rating and GP level).

As you said, crystal wise, it doesn't look that bad, but the loss on zetas and mod materials (and they are so essential!), no one will compensate me. 

Definitely, the reward system should be balanced in such a way that it always pays to climb up, and even losing in the league above should bring better resources than winning in the league below. Such a fix would not require so much interference (as in creating appropriate algorithms that would take into account both skill rating and GP level).