You did it to yourselves - why the LTQ is so much harder

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It has everything to do with the fact that, once again, Gree over-inflated an event and is back-peddling to get it back into line with the rest of the game.

This is spot on. First few LTQs were awesome to the point of exploitation. If you did them, be happy you did. If you sat them out, you lost.

I believe this corrective measure was a bit harsh, but I hold out hope Gree will go back to a model closer to the last LTQ (which was still pretty good).