Board Thread:Game Discussions/@comment-24829740-20140819170154/@comment-25055391-20140821195618

Yes, less POINTS would be scored. But again, not less gems. You just would receive less pts per gem spent.

If you miss and save for next battle, you still use the same amount of gems, just in a different battle. At the end of the day the # of gems does not change, unless us as consumers decide to lower our requirements. That is the only thing that affects gem spending.

As far as the update goes, I am curious as well. I would hope it is something like totaling up the overall statistics of your opponents armor to yield a certain amount of points based on that. That would make the most sense to me. But then I also wonder if your own armor strength comes in to play. Should I go with a slightly weaker lineup that can still beat an opponent to get more points? That's the curious part to me.