@Vetrinus, since I think I saw you post somewhere else looking for a home for your diamond farm alt account, I think you might be on shaky ground promoting Elvenar as a competitive game in which people should be on equal footing. Sure, everyone can have diamond farms, but is that really different than having push accounts?
Yes, it absolutely is different, because it does not breach any rule, and diamonds are account-wide. Buying tens of thousands worth of KPs also doesn't breach any rule, if that's what's actually happens in those accounts, and I said I'd be ok with those accounts if that's indeed what happens; however I also said I have reasons to suspect that not being the case simply due to
lex parsimoniae. So no, the ground I'm standing on is rock solid, as I do not breach any rule, this being a freemium game with a freemium economy - that doesn't mean that pushing should be allowed or rules should be ignored. If one's after
absolute equal footing, he'd be better off playing chess or go (as in 碁).
And as a side note, as I've been able to see firsthand during the last tournament, not having all AWs to 30 won't prevent you from hitting #2 on the tournament. My highest AWs are a lvl 30 GA followed by a lvl 23 MH - neither of which are military AWs. Sure, my resources are severely depleted, especially troops; but I'm most certainly not one of the highest spenders, I actually self-discipline myself much more than I do with my other hobby (which takes 150 to 200 euros per week, whereas I decided not to spend more than a hundred bucks every two months or so
tops on Elvenar), and despite that, I managed to score #2 with a score of 8556, which is about 1k more than those who followed. So the footing is pretty equal if you ask me. Actually, it's even easier for those who are new and disregarded many group-size upgrades, which I initially did not during my noob phase, and have overall less issues in tournaments. There's a reason why many high-end tournament players decide not to advance in chapters.