I would just like to point out that I have played GoW every day since release (so 3yrs 4months) currently level 1273, and I have just about 3k gems built up from zero a few weeks ago. My guild has always been in wars brackets 1-4 (mainly 3) so we dont get the mega gems of B1. If I did not buy the daily gem pack regularly I would have even less gems atm.
My guild has several end gamers who have played for a similar amount of time and none have the tens or hundreds of thousands of gems you allude to.
Thatās me, I had 15k but have around 11500 now after wasting gems trying to get one emporer Liang. I hate whatās happening with gow but Iām approaching the end of road with it because I just donāt find it enjoyable any more. Raids are pure garbage.