Top 250 Mythic Ladder Reward Can Be Redundant
I qualified for the upcoming Qualifier Weekend via a top finish in a recent Arena Open event. Now, as I compete for a high rank on the mythic ladder while the October season concludes, the reward structure forces me into a frustrating choice. Hold or increase my rank to finish in the top 250 and earn a redundant invite to the November qualifier weekend, or forfeit a couple of games to rank down and land #251-1200, thus earning a prize of 20 qualifier points which aren't redundant and can be saved for later. I'm sure many top ranked Mythic ladders competitors have run into this dilemma as they're also the same people earning top finishes in premier play events and I bet redundant invites are flying every which way. It would be great if MTGA team could adjust the reward structure as they see fit to ensure the prize structure at the very top of their everyday competition system is never redundant and never incentivizes players to lose on purpose.
A quick note, I reached out to CS reps about this and they kindly offered to reimburse me if I should earn a redundant invite, so I'm not bitter or unhappy. Just felt this would be a small but obvious improvement to the system.