Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-11484195-20130712073810/@comment-10822880-20130712082901

There's definitely a lot of truth here and the gap between the stronger and weaker players is widening. I'm lucky in the sense that I can hit Tier 2 every event, but that is only with spending around $20-30 per week and having several episodes under my belt.

There are definitely 2 types of level 8s: 1) those seeded by your allies that have well constructed ally lists to help them secure Tier 1 and these always get defeated 2) those that hit your request list randomly and more often than not these escape as the request go to too many people with weak decks.

Having strong allies can be just as important as spending money/playing lots