On the dutch server we get blueprints every week. (btw I wonder why our rewards differ we got 9)
Last tournament was out best with +-54711 points (from my head)
Our noob guild(23 players, all player at chapter 1-5) is now able to get to halfway chest 10
Let me explain how we got to this result.
When the tournaments got announced we started to actively recruit active players .
When the new 40k tournaments arrived we got the chest but came to the conclusion that the strain from "not so tournament active players" was too high to continue (we missed the blueprint in the second 40k tournament for example and barely made it on the 3rd)
Instead of kicking those players (it's not there fault the tournaments were introduced), we finally decided to a different solution.
we opened up a new guild to which we transferred all the real tournament players and players that promised to get a minimum of 800 points a week.
the original guild became a sister guild of the new one, and went back to the original standard (enjoy the game twice a week NH minimum)
The new guild got a new rule, real active participation in the tournaments(minimum 800 points, preferred 1600+).
With the old guild we set up an exchange program, when players in the main guild go on a holiday trip for example he/she transfer to the "old" guild and a player from there can takes it's place untill the player returns from his/her holiday)
This way less active players still have a way to aquire blueprints.
Since the change the old guild with the help of a few of our secondary accounts has been able to get 7-8 chest weekly, and is now full again with new recruits enjoying the game.
The new guild keeps getting the 10th chest on friday and last week almost on thursday already. many players scale back there activity at the 5th and/or6th round because we already got it.
As for the noob guild, +- chapter 4 accounts have it ridiculous easy to simply negotiate(with a bit of autocombat) themselves to very good scores. espcially if the skip the non madatory squad researches.
8 provinced 5 rounds, is for every player that has 8 tournament provinces unlocked (1680 points) not hard to get with a combination of autocombat and negotiation assuming a city setup to facilitate it (enough goods production, hammers from quests if needed)
but you must transform your guild to one with players that ALL participate in the tournaments with at least 800 points, once you do, those 10 chests are easy to aquire. as long as there is a handfull of players not participating (or with 100 or less points) the strain on the others players is simply becomming to big to compensate every week.