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JeffersonMcM
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Things I’ve noticed so far:

-Leaderboards seem limited to only other players of the same level. I’m at level 41 and so are all the other players on my leaderboard. I expect that the leaderboards will become even more balanced over the next few weeks as high-end players move up to the higher leagues.
-Random opponents are not limited to only your leaderboard but are also chosen based on level and maybe even mastery ranks. My birds are mostly rank 7 and the opponents I’ve seen range from 6 to 10. Of course it is possible that this is just the ranks you get to when you’ve played long enough to be max level. [Not sure if matched set items factor into this or not. My opponents have been about 50/50 on completed sets or unmatched items]
-Only 2 days in, but I have been staying at the top of my leaderboard mostly by completing the daily challenges. My challenges have been easy though; win with [bird] or win with [class]. Most difficult was winning 3 times knocking out the opposing banner with rage ability. Trophy points seem slow to accumulate just by winning battles, especially since 3 stars all but requires a clear rank advantage over your opponent and winning the coin toss.
-I can only assume that the coin toss odds are actually 50/50, but I haven’t been seeing it. I’ve lost the toss about 75-80%. It wouldn’t surprise me if the odds were weighted in that direction to counter-balance the lack of strategy from the computer AI.
-The computer AI does not even come close to making the best use of birds on the opponents teams. If you like to cherry-pick your opponents by looking at their teams, look for classes like Lightning Bird who are way more useful for their abilities than their attacks because the AI will not use abilities hardly at all.
-Before you start a battle, if you run up against a team you know you will lose to, close the game completely and re-open it (i.e. on iOS, swipe the program closed from the home screen). When you come back, you will have a new opponent. It may take a minute or so to do this, but you don’t have to put it down and just come back later. You WILL take a loss if you close the game or crash in the middle of a battle.