This to me just dicourages people from taking a chance at higher leagues. It's incredibly expensive to bring all your cards up to the next level. I had almost all my cards at silver level recently and diecided to try my hand at gold. Since I've been there I've probably spent $1500 bring a few cards up to gold. But for what if now I'm going to make silver level rewards if I don't spend another $50k to get them all there immediately.
This constant moving of the goal posts makes me want to go back to just renting out my cards instead of playing.
Dangle the carrot, wiggle the stick..
Agreed.. I started the game last summer so I got here just in time to buy a bunch of expensive cards before prices tanked and also catch all the reward nerfs.
With every nerf, I'd have to spend more to keep earning. Now I'm at a point where it's like $1-2k for the next league and for what? The same thing to happen again in a season or two? I'm not supporting them enough through the market, Dice, CL, TD, Runi, and RW that I have to either keep spending magnitudes more or else give up more and more rewards too?
Yep.
I don't think anybody is trying to cut you out. We just don't believe it's right for you to get richer through taxing us smaller accounts more. You have already made yourself a profitable business with your investment. I'm happy for you. I really am. I just don't think it's right to employ market manipulation to further inflate your earnings. You're doing well enough. No need to fleece new players.