Shard Chats = cheating

i think it is fair to the point where others have a legitimate chance of climbing the ranks without a huge group of ppl working to target one specific person. its not like ppl own the arena or rigth to whatever rank if someone legitimately beat u. but because they work with others u stand no chance, that would be a form of cheating i guess, but money in this game is like cheats also.. im in a shard chat now, its fairly new, but at this point we just try to be aware of eachothers payouts or cycle if ppl are same payout so its not a huge impact just yet. but hey, u would need to be able to hit those ranks atleast. i guess it is down to the flaw in this game with the excessive need for crystals just to do 3x cantina 3x normal energy, that is bare minimum required the way i see it. this game cost way to much without a good reward from either ships or arena. ive never seen anything like it in my 20 years as gamer, its too much.