Quote Originally Posted by mattp169 View Post
It can be manipulated even on the rankings page
Not sure this is as big a problem as you think because:

1) I think they would need to only create a few brackets, so the power range of these brackets will be quite wide, which means:

2) For example, if the highest bracket is 200m and higher, someone could hold back their power in ranking, but would also have to use a formation of less than 200m for the whole tournament if they don't want to get pushed into the highest bracket for future CWs.

I guess a new player could coin up 2 sets of gear, runes and heroes (main and adam) and then dominate in a lower bracket, but he would be getting the lower bracket's lower rewards for his efforts. Would it be worth it to do something like that?

Sure, there will be people holding back once they get close to the next bracket. Maybe a one-time reward can be given when someone advances to the next higher bracket. Higher brackets could also pay out slightly more tickets.