Just what the title says.

I am in a top 500 faction. Most of us used to be in a top 100-150 faction but since GREE sucks, we dropped back. We still participate quite a bit in events, just don't spend gold. A few cycles ago, we would finish prestige with a couple days left and start masters. Then it got harder (which was good) and we only barely finished prestige (again, this makes some sense). Now, with just over 3 days left, we are on prestige 10/regular 20. In a way, this is kind of fun, but we have let a couple 70s escape which just seems absurd.

So my question is, how far are the top teams in this event and how much more difficult is it for you guys this time around?