Yeah, i admit my rolls ain't bad. I never got any black but i seem to hit it off with platinum.
I'm not really experiencing the issue with deployment cost as i use katie early.. my usualy problem is the fact that the ONI looks at my unit supported by 2 healers and it dies.
I just can't seem to follow the strategies as my meele units don't seem up to pair.
So far i use Gina and Katie as early deployment coupled with bashire and danielle (bashire 15 danielle 10).
From there i usually get most of my team out as it goes...thou i agree is should probably level up some silver/copper early deployment units.