Talk:Demon Beach Panic/@comment-113.210.59.76-20190711005953/@comment-27040063-20190715042804

I don’t recall if it was ever mentioned on the wiki but during one of the early drvs, it was noted on the VC discord that the rankings were merged, similar to ABB. Instead of Chinese players having a separate ranking as they did in old AW hunt and tower. So, in addition to the boosters and it being harder to build drv teams, there’s a bigger pool of players competing for top 500 too.

As for whether f2p can top 500, I’ve seen some of my f2p friends share screenshots in the 400s this drv. I think it depends a lot on how well someone can play ultimate now if not using boosters or extra feathers.

I’m personally in the 170s with 10 million points with 8 invisible feathers used and no boosters. But I’m like Peppakin in that I’ve been playing and ranking for several years and spend a bit for ABB. So, I’ve been able to mirror a lot of past tower multihits and the recent aoe turnskippers for 2 GLRs instead of just 1. Plus, get some of the ABB GLRs. And having those extra cards does help with being able to build more consistent teams. I can clear ultimate without reviving probably about 80% of the time.

I do think that the buff to the boosters was kind of ridiculous though and that the changes for getting GLR are bad for newer players, considering that those who played intermediate consistently enough in past drvs could get GLR but it now takes advanced. I also think the general playerbase wasn’t really ready for an ultimate level in drv yet since many still have trouble even with extreme; feels like they pushed it out anyway to have an excuse for the power creep in the new premium LRs lately.