They're powerful but they need time before they can reach their potential. I managed to get to 6th in what, three or four days? And that's only because of how there are so many people with hundreds of millions of points sitting out just getting farmed, and I could jump to 500 UP almost immediately with the discount. The problem is now I don't have enough troops to match the amount of money there is, and it will take at least a week before I have the troop numbers to compete for a top 5 spot. Plus, a massive part of Rasta and my own success is due to the fact that there is such a ridiculous amount of money available. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Rasta got several billion points from that bug that happened before the game went down, and I'm collecting a good billion points a day off the inactives sitting with hundreds of millions out. If that money wasn't present, it would be ten times harder for Rasta or myself to break into the top ranks.