On PC/mobile, I have two accounts (lv 872 and lv 91). There currently seems to be a BIG imbalance between gold received for low-level play vs high-level play. On average, the high-level matches take significantly longer and yet give only 60-70% of the gold! It feels like I’m being punished for progressing.
Here are the last few ranked PvP selections for my level 872 account:
Team Score/Base Gold
+1 trophy
+2 trophies
+3 trophies
7736/840 (Rival)
7771/845
7859/860
7332/803
7782/846
8025/904
7148/794
7580/822
7736/840
6541/775
6977/787
8054/915
I rarely see anything above 1000 gold.
My defend team is rated 7689.
For my level 90 account:
3538/492
5062/1163
6423/1768 (revenge)
4193/537
5176/1259
5644/1530
4152/532
4238/544
5653/1534
2681/471
4387/570
5355/1381
3502/490
5248/1312
5663/1538
4067/523
5185/1251
5288/1326
My defend team is rated 5748.
I’m okay with a little imbalance to help new players catch up, but this is a bit much IMO. (Both accounts have greater than 99% win rate and the low-level account’s 3 trophy matches are usually faster than the high-level account’s 2 trophy matches.)