Getting old with the GP disparity - every level is having this problem besides Kyber 1
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Well a few points.
There are f2p players in Kyber 1. Being p2w or f2p isn't a factor in your argument, is it?
I dropped from Kyber 4 - Aurodium 3 in a few weeks. I have not seen a significant easing in difficulty. Dropping on purpose to get easier matches, to get better rewards has too many pitfalls.
Your daily gem intake (gems being in game currency therefore the most valuable of rewards) would decrease. So any rewards for deliberately dropping would be mitigated. So, deliberately dropping to a league you were confident of winning would mean your dailies would drop too low.
So to hold position you'd be going 2-1 1-2. That's 750 gems per fortnight.
To lose purposely and then win the bracket you'd go 3-0 0-3. That's 850 gems per fortnight. Minus what you'd lose in dailies and plus the risk you wouldn't win your bracket (which will happen if you continued to do it).
My own experience was to grind from A3 to the top of A2, then shoot to K5 and move steadily to the bottom of K3, then fall rapidly to A3 and now I'm in A2 but with A1 points. And I'll probably be back in K5 next season. I try my best every GAC. I've only had one 3-0 week and one 0-3 week. I would not be confident of dropping to Chromium and getting a 3-0 week.
It just doesn't add up to drop for better rewards. It really isn't worth doing, from what I can see.
There are sandbaggers, yes.
Is it a problem? It very much appears it is.
Are they doing it for better overall rewards? I firmly think no. It's more to do with laziness, spite for the system or wanting easy matches when they do play.
There are f2p players in Kyber 1. Being p2w or f2p isn't a factor in your argument, is it?
I dropped from Kyber 4 - Aurodium 3 in a few weeks. I have not seen a significant easing in difficulty. Dropping on purpose to get easier matches, to get better rewards has too many pitfalls.
Your daily gem intake (gems being in game currency therefore the most valuable of rewards) would decrease. So any rewards for deliberately dropping would be mitigated. So, deliberately dropping to a league you were confident of winning would mean your dailies would drop too low.
So to hold position you'd be going 2-1 1-2. That's 750 gems per fortnight.
To lose purposely and then win the bracket you'd go 3-0 0-3. That's 850 gems per fortnight. Minus what you'd lose in dailies and plus the risk you wouldn't win your bracket (which will happen if you continued to do it).
My own experience was to grind from A3 to the top of A2, then shoot to K5 and move steadily to the bottom of K3, then fall rapidly to A3 and now I'm in A2 but with A1 points. And I'll probably be back in K5 next season. I try my best every GAC. I've only had one 3-0 week and one 0-3 week. I would not be confident of dropping to Chromium and getting a 3-0 week.
It just doesn't add up to drop for better rewards. It really isn't worth doing, from what I can see.
There are sandbaggers, yes.
Is it a problem? It very much appears it is.
Are they doing it for better overall rewards? I firmly think no. It's more to do with laziness, spite for the system or wanting easy matches when they do play.
