Talk:Apsaras/@comment-6817576-20130426205906/@comment-1321146-20130501151938

"You guys are starting too late.. If you want to rank, bust out of the gates. Never look back."

I totally disagree with this. It is a horrible piece of advice in my opinion.

It doesn't matter at all what your rank is on day two. The only thing that matters is your rank on the last day. It is perfectly fine to make no real effort for the first many days, and only make an effort on the last day. Perfectly fine.

In fact, the only thing you accomplish by investing early, is the same thing a break-out group accomplishes by breaking off from the main group too early in a bycycle race... You force up the general speed, making everyone work harder (invest more potions), leaving less energy for the next day (event). It hurts the playersbase in general, and only benefits Gree.

It's psychological. It's a group mentality. There's NO argument for investing early. None. But when someone does it, a LOT of ignorant players will follow suit. The end result is everyone spending more potions than they really needed to.

Optimally, no one spends a single potion until the last day, but there will always be someone too nervous, unable to keep a cool head, thinking they "won't make it" if it comes down to a race, so they try to break away.