Talk:Wheel of Fortune/@comment-34904277-20191128210958/@comment-132.170.212.15-20191201230524

I can't speak for whether bots do or don't exist, but it's foolish to argue that bots are the ONLY problem.

I sadly didn't exploit the dust glitch, nor did I cash out all of my dust before the good times ended, but I have been playing for over a year, which gave me a pretty big stash. I've consistently finished in the Top 1000 in the last few marathons, and I finished Top 20 every day and Top 3 maybe 1/4 to 1/2 of the time depending on how active I am. I'm fairly dedicated, but I play suboptimally by a wide margin, and I spend zero money on this game.

Are fake players a problem? Maybe. But if you're arguing (as you seem to be) the bots are the ONLY problem, then I think you're misguided. Maybe they fill up the lower levels, and make it harder to get into Top 50 or the lower end of Top 20, but I think it's pretty plausible that there are 500-1000 players who are more dedicated than me, willing to spend money, have been playing longer, and/or just got lucky enough to exploit the hell out of dust when they had a chance.

I run with a 10k power set, and I generally had no problem going from <5k points on the event tourney to the 30-40k I needed to finish high, all in the last 90 minutes or so of the day. If I had the benefit of effectively unlimited silver and gold chests (which this update might start to fix), I would have been able to hit Top 3 almost every day. If I had the benefit of a more fully Soulbound set, I would have been able to farm maybe 20% more efficiently (event tokens per energy.) This problem is only made worse by the update.