Board Thread:Frustrations and venting/@comment-24022733-20131118132618/@comment-9890645-20131120140818

One of the necessary evils of this kind of ranking system is that not everyone can achieve the highest rank in a given PVP episode. That being said, they are making it harder to burst out of being a T2 by coupling weak rewards with two episode types (campaign and PVP) that focus on deck power and resilience, respectively. The only way to get out is to get lucky or get spending... but luck will only take you so far.

The scanning is an issue for everyone. At one point, I had blown a full energon bar and two EC without seeing a PVP battle. It sucks when it happens, I hear that - and it's worse because there are zero energon rewards.

As far as DP... DP isn't the full story in PVP. I was happy to see decks full of x3 raiders because my R5s can take a hit from them, but always OHKO them. My DP was around yours and maybe lower! But my deck was seven powerhouse R5 cards (Starscream's Ghost, Hound, Motormaster, Ravage, Optimus Prime, Razorclaw, and Megatron - all except Ravage with sig weapons) and two half x5s in my soldier row with R3 weapons strapped onto them. My guys take hits from R4 all day, and survive a hit from most R5s.

I'm guessing this wasn't the case for you.

There really is also a lot of luck involved in streaking, both in getting good match ups and triggering of your special weapon abilities. However, having a ridiculous base deck skews those odds to your favor.