Looks like Stats have no relevance in battles anymore

[Danger Mouse]

Dude, Go get the equipment... for free. Gree isn't devaluing stats, it's adding another aspect to fighting.

If the old timers decide to sit on their hands griping about equipment instead of going and getting it, they have no one to blame but themselves. I don't care if you have a trunk full of AK47's... If you forget to bring ammo, my 9mm and 7 bullets will win. Go get the ammo and win battles. Your big gun will still win.

You say you understand but then you go right back to complaining. But I'm done. Time to go home from work.

Dude, it ain't free. There would be extremely few players out there that could finish Masters in the current ILTQ without spending gold to get there. So now they either have to choose - do they go after Masters and the unit boost, or do they go after equipment in Normal and Prestige to equip their army for the same gold spend, or do they spend more gold and go after both. It most certainly ain't free for the overwhelming majority, so choices have to be made. Before, the top players could just do Masters, collect the reward, collect the temp award along the way, and maintain or increase that gap to the herd. Now, while they do masters to get an advantage in A or D, someone else is collecting all the equipment for probably less cost and keeping level with them in B and building an advantage in C with the extra equipment they got from other levels equipping their army - so clawing back the advantage said top player used to enjoy for finishing Masters, unless they spend more to get that equipment as well.

Who doesn't understand how the game works again?