I love how people complain about whales and whaling... news flash pumpkin - thats what keeps the games on this platform (Nutaku) going for the rest of us. So unless you wanna find a new platform and new games to play I suggest stop shaming the whales.
As for the portal - its pretty good mechanic. Nice way to get some blueprints and extra stuff at the end. I mean look at me. My team i s pretty weak when I compare it to some of which you guys posted, and yet I can reliably get to Stage 26, where so far I always get wiped out. Thats around 30 blueprints per reset and good amount of points.
Atm I am at 11% in the rankings. I dont care about the top people, all I want is to somehow squeeze into under the 10% gap, where the rewards are pretty nice.
I like the fact that we dont compete against each other, like usual PVP, but instead have a ranking system where you can rise as much as your team allows you vs the NPC opponents. This way everyone can get there regardless of how weak their team is (again, my team is relatively weak when compared to others) and with the daily resets you can keep working on those points.
Again got lucky, two new 4* joined in, both Light Tanks, which is great for Scouting missions, so cureently both of them are getting lvled up slowly. Also got one dupe (yeah was lucky with the RnG and got 3 4* in the factory at the same time more or less). 25 Blueprints, are usefull.
With tomorrows reset on the Portal I should be able to get to 1 000 Blueprints. Huzzah, just .... 2 000 more to go
**Great thing about the portal - your tanks dont get damaged ! And the EXP is also pretty good.