Gargon667
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Out of curiousity, Swags did extremely well last FA (scoring close to 120k I think). Do you have any stats on how many diamonds you spent and Workshops you built etc. ?
I can´t speak for the whole FS, we don´t keep track of that, but I personally used rougly 4k diamonds and 400 CC to make VV badges (say give or take 25%) also I think I must have gained about 2k diamonds from MOs in that time so add those as well. I am very wasteful with diamonds (as I said it is the CC that limit my VV badges not the diamonds), so I flip over the MA if there is nothing I like, even though they may make 9 VV. I only craft stuff that is useful in gameplay.
Space is something I did not predict would be trouble, so I made less than I could have, We´ll see how it goes if I actually try, I think this time I hade 15 max T1 and 200+ WS for space.
That is good for you of course, but I very much doubt that this is typical of the player-base as a whole. Most Fellowships aren't getting Gold in the Spire every week, and even in the few that are, I strongly suspect that the large majority of players have other priorities for their diamonds (particularly expansions which are important for City Progression generally).
I would say gold medals are typical for any FS that is anywhere close to winning an FA. The spire is just as important for the FA as it is for the tourneys. If they typically spend diamonds on flipping MAs or not is hardly important though. They can do it and be happy about the rewards or do it while complaining about it lol, the result is the same.
It of course is a different story for FS that only want to finish the maps. Completely different game that I don´t know much about. The limiting factor in all cases is effort put into the game I would argue, no matter at what level . But where the effort has to be directed may differ.
As it is right now, premium expansions are the split between ranking towns and towns interested in team events. They have benefit only for towns primarily focused on rankings. For team events they are detrimental in most cases. The only exception might be breaking the bank in FAs, but not even that I am sure will be the case... In 1 tourney FAs I doubt space will be an issue at all, and I am guessing it was an accident with the 2 tourney FA this time (the delay due to the beta bug pushed a different start day). Inno may be planning 1 tourney FAs as the standard... So i don´t see myself purchasing any premium expansion any time soon.