Board Thread:Current Episode Discussion/@comment-10520512-20140514190418/@comment-3531035-20140519192759

@Syclone1217 - I'm one of those people on the points leaderboard that you see on Day 1. For the last 2 raid events, I have ended Day 1 at position #14 with over 9 million points. Here are the tips/comments I can share:

1.) Time: I spend anywhere around 12-15 hours of the first 24 hours grinding hard. It's as simple as committing that crazy amount of time to tapping on your phone/tablet. If you're spending less than 5-10 hours, you're not going to come close to the amount of points or ECs that the top 30 players are able to get in the first day.

2.) Speed: There are several factors that effect how fast you're able to go during the time you're grinding, they are the following:

- Device: you have to have a phone/tablet that is responds fast. I'm using a Nexus 4 phone and Nexus 7 (2nd generation) tablet.

- Tapping speed: you have to be focused and time your tapping. You know the same pattern, and you anticipate it. Scan, tap (boss found), tap (use 1 cube), tap (skip battle), tap (collect reward), tap (skip points/reward payout) - repeat.

3.) Starting Time: You should know what time events start (your own local time). I know in some parts of the world, it starts during the middle of the night. I just wanted to bring this up to address Syclone's point (quote "I look at the bosses I get and wonder how it's possible they got that many points.") We (point leaders) don't have any advantages over anyone else. We start as soon as the event is launched, and the first 15-30 minutes we're also pushing through the same low-level bosses. It's just that we're fast, and we probably started killing/working on them before most people. Once you get to a certain point threshold and killed enough of those low level bosses, you'll move onto the other ones with higher points pay-outs.

In summary: First - we're not hacking. Second - don't be lazy and complain that it's too hard to do something. If it was easy to do, then EVERYONE would be able to do it and get the desired points/rewards/cards. Third - you get what you earn. If you put in the time and energy to push it, then you'll reap the benefits (large amount of points/ECs/rubies).

The majority of players in this game - typically newbies or casual players - need to get it through their heads that they're never going to be able to compete with dedicated players (commit tons of time + energy) or players that are willing to put in money (but even that won't always buy you everything). They will be frustrated, they will complain and b!tch, and rage all over message boards / forums / or Facebook pages about how unbalanced/broken/rigged this game is.