# I'll be probably in the minority, but I'm not a fan of the raid stuff

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**Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\
**Created:** [February 26, 2018, 10:17am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ill-be-probably-in-the-minority-but-im-not-a-fan-of-the-raid-stuff/36372 "2018-02-26T10:17:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![turintuor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/turintuor/32/4097_2.png) [@turintuor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/turintuor)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ill-be-probably-in-the-minority-but-im-not-a-fan-of-the-raid-stuff/36372/62 "2018-02-27T15:12:05Z")

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> [@HootyMcOwlFace](#):
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> it’s the idea that choosing not to buy these extra tiers now sets you behind.

Let’s see a whole week how many sigils/member are required to close the last portal (yeah leaderboard is out of discussion as Sirrian said that it’s a P2W feature).

> [@HootyMcOwlFace](#):
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> It doesn’t feel as fair or as balanced as GW in terms of investing resources based on your level and amount of disposable income as a guild/player.

It depends of your guild rank in GW leaderboard. Most guilds didn’t get any gems. And stat bonus for 340 gems have always been a “maybe these bonus make you win”. But only a maybe. For 250 gems, you get a new troop and a new weapon (both meh) and other stuffs.

> [@HootyMcOwlFace](#):
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> if the spawn rate of the raven is truely random

The deviation is apparently super low (if there is no bug 😛 ).

> [@Placement in leaderboards now entirely luck based?](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/placement-in-leaderboards-now-entirely-luck-based/36085/11):
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> While the Valraven is part of the Gnome kingdom and family, it works a little differently. The Valraven has a form of counter on it (which Treasure Gnomes do not). It caps the minimum & maximum valravens each player will see at any point in the game. The most anyone will get ahead or behind is by a single valraven encounter. This means all players should encounter the Valraven within plus/minus one of everyone else.

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