its definatly good to hear that the game isnt he who donates most wins (not that I have anything against donating the game has to make money, Im just glad its not the deciding factor). Ill do as you say Gunfighter Frank and use this round as a learning round and hope to fair a bit better next round.

thx a lot for the info guys, its appreciated ... I am now convinced that the game isnt just a money sink

p.s if top 100 is doing ok i might have been misjudging how badly I was doing 

ty for the quick reply  , I guess ill just keep battling away and hope a bit of experience pays off 

Im just wondering if its possible for someone who cant donate, for whatever reason to be able to compete effectivly in this game against the people who quite clearly can.

Atm it just seems like daily attacks from the latter take there toll to the extent where it seems pointless to try move up the ranks, where as when the rolls are reversed even when the attacks/counters are successful it makes very little difference as they can just buy their way back up the ranks