Still, it is becomes increasingly hard for smaller players to compete with bigger players. Even without spending money you progress way faster the stronger you are. With relic delta it became almost impossible to beat someone by playing clever, all of the counters have to be within ~2 Relic levels of your opponents. Sure, you should have the advantage if you have the stronger roster, but the relic delta just is a step too much in my opinion. It just favors brute strength and ruins the game for mid-game players like me. It feels like I just lost at least half a year of progress.