Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-24003266-20131114213519/@comment-24003266-20140108231029

At one point I was beating 125/129 friends and a majority are > lv 100 and I'm still beating 115-120 on a regular basis as many continue to gain epix and grow stronger. While I have no epix, I have 7 maxed EB+ and 3 maxed non-craftable 4* so I can counter almost any line-up, epix or otherwise. I used to easily place top 250 weekly and broke 100 twice b4 new arena all w/out gemming. Now, I hover around 1000 and claim up through 44,000-pt rewards w/out gemming. I can also regularly get lv 60 on Epic Boss every week and claim top 500 damage rewards. Moontide, Blaze and soon to be Sky Majesty are quickly being out-dated by new EB+ armors and I've already fused away a Moon, my first and only ever epic (Xmas day), b/c I did not feel it was worth the effort/resources to max.

Bottom line, epix would be sweet but are not necessary to do well. Hint, I suspect >75% of all epix are not maxed or belong to players under level 100; I crush them every time. :))