The current system is way too expensive. Especially for the reward.

According to the information thread, it costs 50 mana to get to the +2 bonus per dominator. Then another 4950 (bringing the realm value to 5000) to get to +3. That extra bonus, across 6 dominators is, well, worth just 6 energy. Compare that to finishing one hunt for a red/green/blue spirit for 10 -- which might take 5 minutes.

And the real $ cost?

The most expensive mana is about ~14.3 cents each (7 for $1 or 35 for $5) and the cheapest is ~6.7 cents.

So, the first bonus costs $3.35 to $7.15 (or winning one round). 50 isn't hard to get to. So, that's not unreasonable.

The second bonus -- at 5,000 mana costs exactly 100 times that.

That's right -- from $335 USD to $715 USD. Or winning 100 rounds. (~ 3 rounds per week means about 34 weeks, or nearly 8 months of being at the top of the leader board. Good luck.)

What's the point? That's completely unbalanced with the cost of the first bonus.

And what's the point of silver -- at 500 mana -- when it doesn't do anything extra?

My suggestion? Greatly lower the cost of the top level. Maybe have it cost 500 mana -- that's still 10x the first level.

An alternate would be to add more levels and more bonus points. Maybe after the first 50, another point for every 250 or 500 -- with a cap at 5000. That way, the person who spends hundreds USD (or way too much time playing) actually gets something worthwhile -- an extra 10-20 energy per dominator.

Beyond raising the gateway value, there's really very little point to having much mana. Sure, it can be used to heal. But if you play right, you get enough during regular play.

i agree that it is indeed quite a leap with no real incentive for doing so.

its 500 to get it to silver.
the bonus for doms is at 50.