Talk:The Gauntlet (Season 5)/@comment-26249703-20160423155427

I wanted to ask for people's opinion about a little dilemma I'm facing. By this point (Boss 09), I'm on the same boat as most people, already owning a PR:44.0 Vanquish and unable to beat challenges due to the gap in performance with Magnus and company. As I see it, there are three options: Basically stuck between profit and, I guess, pride/sense of achievement.
 * Costly: playing into FM's hand by upgrading a little bit, trying to minimise expenditure, with no benefit in Career (cutting profit, with no guarantee of success without further upgrades, but could be investment if the Vanquish was ever necessary to upgrade for an upcoming series, allowing one-run only Gauntlet)
 * Cheap: Lose really badly in the Boss race, retrying at the cost of 1GC (a lot cheaper than upgrading, but no guarantee once will be enough, and no return on investment, but would perhaps allow a one-run Gauntlet if the bots slow down enough)
 * Cheapest: give up, start a new run and finish The Gauntet in multiple runs (maximises Gold profit to 100%, but loses the opportunity to go through all 5 Gauntlets in a single run)