Originally Posted by
Sparton_LOTB
Feedback welcome and appreciated, as usual.
I would strongly object to calling this "pay to participate", though; we don't say you cannot get prizes unless you buy a $4 ticket or something (I've heard of a competitor literally doing something like that). You can get a skill shard for as little as 50 battles, too, so it's not like we don't give anything of value for lower participation levels.
Definitely understand that it may seem a bit extreme that the prizes get better and better the higher the tiers, even when going beyond what someone may "expect" a player not spending Ironite would get. But as you yourself noted, no one is obligated to get the highest tier, and we want people to feel it's worth it to get to the last tier. Hell, between freebie Sands of War for clearing lists and the amount of freebie Sands of War you can get from tossing fodder from hundreds of the common Souls into the meat grinder, you'll definitely need far less than 900 Ironite... and coming off the heels of the Immortal Soul Event, I can't be the only person with hundreds of those kicking around...
Not soon, no.
Thaaat... probably would be too many for most people, yeah.