[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by matingly23

There will still be players on the AH, but the prices would drop to closer to what you can get from the AI.

What you seem not to grasp, repeatedly, is that being slaughtered by whales ruins the game completely. Anything that helps to avoid/overcome that is a plus.

How long would it take before teams have a legit shot to beat whale teams? Not two years. I don't mind being a slight underdog for a while, it's much better than having absolutely no chance. Plus idle teams are predictable teams.

Right now it won't matter how much you grind, there will be "special" packs sold, new cards, always there will be something to keep the whales reaching for and to keep them elite for their $$. That is how games like this work, but there are usually ways around it.

For example, in DDO pretty much every server is infested with high level guilds that spend tons of $$. But there are some servers that are more or less barren, some are meant for beta testing. Those servers are worth playing on. Yes there aren't as many items on the AH, and guess what, the prices are also much lower.

Where's your whale this week after the random league assignments?