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That may be Zenith's long-term goal - to create another league or platform so to speak. Perhaps the 1500 most advanced players play on Platform 1, and the next level at Platform 2, and so on. But, what I believe is happening here is that the super donators are advancing waaayyy beyond the non-donators and it is becoming more difficult for the non-donators to keep up. Ideally, if we had several hundred players fairly tightly packed between, say, level 25 and 45 with a healthy spectrum of every level (especially top levels) dispersed amongst several gangs or gang families, it would be more competitive. There's well-developed level 20's in this game that could defeat level 24 players. So, level isn't everything, but it's very important for hit points. But, I agree that it would get frustrating (thanks abysmal) when someone spends the same amount of hours in the game flies by you because he donated $200.00 in the past two months and you only donated $10.00 or could not afford to donate at all. I'm all for donating $200.00. You're right, Scottie, Zen has spent a ton of time on the game and she deserves it and needs it to implement some of the changes that we contribute to from time to time. But, I agree that sometimes the benefits from donating allow for too great of a chasm between the super-donators and minimal- or non-donators.

I also think that Geek's idea about apprenticeship was excellent.