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Originally Posted by dkgo
A team good enough to get promoted is still going to earn more achievements per season at bronze/silver than a team that is simply hanging around at gold, even if theirs come with a 33% boost. Obviously someone who has been playing the game for a longer period of time will have earned more points than a new player but that is kinda by design.
IMO the aspect that needs to be addressed is all the players who aren't high level whales who don't want to be promoted because of the negative impact it has on their PP income and future ability to improve their team, aka "getting stuck". That to me is a serious issue when thinking about the long term health of the game mode. I know developers are keeping an eye on what people are saying and thinking about ways to improve. Maybe they've concluded that every system will have some drawback to it and they are satisfied overall with how it is currently working so a change isn't necessary, which is certainly their right to do.
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Yeah that's my situation. I've put a few bucks into the game but not a ton and I don't want to put in too much more. My teams have been doing decent but as they get promoted into diamond, I fear they will get stuck. Already happening to my Giants Negro League theme team that just got promoted to diamond.
My plan with my other two Gold teams is to try a different approach as they get promoted into diamond. I'm already retooling my Bees to be more high contact, high gap, avoid K, pitching, and defense - we'll see how it works.
My Thieves are finally looking decent, but if they get promoted and stuck, I may retool around a theme like all Senators/Twins or all Braves/Brewers, something like that, just for fun.
And therein lies the rub. When you go theme you may have to go with much lower level cards because you lack flexibility. My Giants are almost out of options in terms of cards I can afford, so there are a lot of silver cards in the lineup. Theme teams are perfectly acceptable in the community - you are not tanking per se. But it's harder to build a competitive team.