Just for the sake of clarity because there seems to be a "gap", of sorts.
All I'm trying to say is that it doesn't feel very... "normal" to ONLY play teams over in the rank by 5.000+ spots, when by "chance" I could get some nearer to my own rank (if you notice last season, I had a few games against higher rank teams and others against lower rank teams (the normal "variance", I would think)... this season, it seems like I can ONLY get (much) higher ranked teams, which might be tied to my league status, I guess but still). I wish I had actually gone for promotion, instead of being "forced-promoted", of sorts (though I can't really complain just from getting there, also from an experience POV) lol
Unfortunatelly, I wouldn't say so. Having only one season behind me, my arena doesn't really allow to gain (as one could, given the proper resources) from it, I guess. I'll even have to further invest on a lost season (because of the salaries floor) or be forced to lose $, anyway. Of course, BBM c/would be some help, in relief... but, given the current "lottery luck", not even that is looking that good
Thankfully, I've been able to hang on in the cup, which has been helpful to offset some of the expected losses. If/When I get demoted, I'll have to sell/adjust the roster again, which may or may not go so well, we'll see ^_^ Until the games are played and results known, everything is still up for grabs
Again, I was just mentioning the "odd variance" in regards to the ranks "match-making", nothing else.