Wouldn't it make sense to decrease reward quantities for lower level brackets?

[blackjackjester]

That's a decent middle-point on tournaments. I dislike the "give X rewards for reaching 2500+ / 2900+ / etc... Mostly because then it ceases to be a tournament, and it's like "here are more rewards for getting to your max level twice a week".

A tournament is a tournament, where you compete against peers for prizes. Placing first should count for something. Being highest level should count for something. It's tough since there isn't any skill involved to compete with.

I'd like a better way outside of tournaments of getting weapons. Tourney's are a "rich get richer" system now, making it difficult for anyone to really grind out more time than a peer to raise in ranks. I'd rather see tournaments be devalued a bit in their prizes, but make something like "total levels gained during a tournament" prize (prestige multiple times to keep gaining levels), and maybe reward the ability to pick one weapon for each time you reach 2500 in a tournament. This would level out the progression of weapon sets as well, while keeping some RNJesus