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I think you misunderstand my terminology. I don't think you're exploiting a bug, which is why I'm so curious. I can only think of a few additional sources of points, and a few ways to make them pay off more, but doing so seems like it would take a ridiculous amount of tedious work.

When I talk about "exploits," I mean the literal definition of taking advantage of a situation to your full advantage. An example I would use is the Magical Apparatus debut events: Those were all easy finishes for me because I was able to schedule my duels chests to optimize level 6 chest openings. That event was uniquely exploitable. Even if they hadn't revamped the Magical Apparatus to be a resource sink, eventually more players would have shared the general strategy of harvesting duels chest. Heck, some kind player probably would have published optimum plans for each number of chests slots. As the player base adapted, the opportunity for such an easy top 500 finish would have been diluted.

I was hoping this event would have been such an opportunity, either because I could adapt to it faster than most people, or more likely through blind luck of what choices I had made been the "rebalance" and this event. Sadly, it doesn't seem like the case. I'll probably finish in the top 250, but I'm not sure I'm going to get more out than I put in.