@Xelenia -
I don't have a beta account. I don't have the time to do it so I probably never will. As a result, I can't reply on the beta thread regarding tourney changes.
I will preface by saying change can be hard for me. However, I am open to these changes. My concern is about the rewards I get from the tourney and what could be a significant hit to that. I also apologize that this post will be long. Below is a comment from
@Marindor on the beta forum.
I think it all depends on the definition of rewards - if you are comparing tournament points maybe. The best individual rewards are currently in provinces 10+ which are being made significantly more difficult starting with even round 1. Here is a comparison on rewards. The first will be what I typically do now in tourney - go rounds 1 and 2 as many provinces as I have. The second will be what it appears from feedback in Beta and based on Marindor's own suggestion will happen post changes.
Current - Rounds 1 and 2 as far as I can (this week that is all 45 provinces available to me) - I will use 1 pet food and get both rounds. I also only have to find time to do the tourney on 2 days. I will receive:
2970 points
327 relics
198 KP
2 runes
4 broken shards
39 POP enchantments
3 culture enchantments
Proposed - Rounds 1-6 through province 10 (assuming I can get up early or stay up late one day since I don't have timewarp or polar bear) - I will use 3 pet food to get all 6 rounds. I also have to play all 5 days of the tourney and on one of those days find time to play 16 hrs apart or use time instants which I don't use at all now. I will receive:
2700 points
180 relics
80 KP
11 runes
10 broken shards
7 POP spells
7 culture spells
6 MM spells
To put it another way in the new format to get the same amount of KP I acquire today I will need to go all 6 rounds in 20 provinces. It will also result in a score of 5670 - something I currently only do on tournaments where I am in dire need of relics. I'm hoping that will be possible for me on a weekly basis. Or I can get a lot more patient and wait to upgrade AW.
These were done using the results from the tournament calculator. Unless the prizes awarded in the lower province rounds are modified, the statement about being more rewarding going more rounds in fewer provinces is blatantly false for any player who values rewards other than runes and broken shards. I come out ahead on runes, broken shards, culture spells and MM spells. I take a significant hit on all of the rewards I really care about - relics, KP and POP spells. I can make the POP spells in the MA instead of the MM spells I currently do. However I gain 2 days of MA time for those and I will require 5+ days to make the POP spells I will be losing.
I am not against changing the tournament - I just hope the cost/benefit analysis for prizes doing more provinces but fewer rounds as compared to more rounds of fewer provinces is reviewed. I believe many players set up their strategy not only around getting points to help the FS get 10 chests but around what helps them out individually in their game the most. I think for many that is the KP they get in round 2 and for some the KP in round 5. But I have talked to far more players that follow a similar strategy to mine of round 1 and 2 as far as they can go.