They ruined this raid

Its even better at leveling the playing field then just protecting against those who created lopsided accounts. What they did is to start to address one of the most glaring imbalances in the game.

In the past the top guys often went out and bought the top tier raider cards (for what I concede are staggering large prices, yet available to all willing to pay them). They would then make decks of just those cards and get multiple attacks at the highest damages for a fraction of what most normal players could.

To put this into numbers as if this raid followed the old system:
A top player with 345 attack power, who bought two Iron Fists on the market and fused them, would gain a clear advantage over a player with the same 345 attack power using a full deck of 5 of the reward Sentinel+. A legendary Iron Fist is going to do have a roughly 12k attack power. At 2600% you are talking roughly 312,000 damage for just 32 Attack energy spent. And given my scenario of 345 Attack energy that player would be able to do that 312k just over 10 times per full charge. That's 3.12 million damage done for one full charge!!

Now for the average guy running a full deck of the reward Sentinel+. At 8900 damage each, multiplied by the 5 Sentinel+, for a total damage of 44,500. Multiply by the 350% and you get 155,750. In the past events that would likely have been in the 700% range (if memory serves) so double that to 311,500. But the real issue is that five Sentenils would have a Attack energy requirement of 23 per sentinel for a total of 115 per attack. That 345 Attack energy would equate to only 3 battles. So you'd only do 934,500 from a full charge of the same 345 Attack energy.

That's 3.1 million vs. 935,000!!!

What they have done is to redress the disparity in energy usage and level out the total damage done through burning power packs. Running fewer high end cards (and the lower energy total) is no longer an advantage.

The real advantage now is the ability/willingness to go get those cards for the prices they command. I myself am not in that kind of position - but I do not fault those who are. And should I get my hands on one of the better Raider cards I would in all likelyhood sell it someone willing to match my demands.
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