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Conversion rates:

100 gem to 330 energy (from 307 energy)

100 energy to 29,030 gold (from 102,500 gold)

100 gem to 95,000 gold (from 315,000 gold)

100k gold to 158 tournament points (from 436 tournament points)

100k gold to 948 MA points (2619 MA points)

100k gold to energy 48 energy (from 52 energy)

100k gold to gem remains to be seen depending on tournament participation

Earning potential dropped ~4 times, maybe 3 times less if tournaments remain profitable.

Overall, we:

a) lost convertability of gold to energy, MA or tournament points

b) lost ~75% or daily earning power in gold

c) got tournaments extremely accessible to the newbie accounts

d) leveled earning power of players who played 3 months to those who played for 3 years

e) got soulbinding, level up and stone cost decreased, which again, simplified advancement for new players

With that in mind, I guess the goal was to bridge the power gap between new and old players and to make room for more power creep with new events and map locations. With respect to my personal strategy - I will probably avoid competing in tournament for a little while until the new gold to gem conversion rate is better understood. I would also like to see if they are going to make any modifications to the events, given that it appears to me that even with the earlier silver box nerf probably half of paying event players didn't get the 5-star event decks, and now that would probably be even more common.