I am sure things will turn out to be a 1 share only for the stakes eventually.
This will calm down the farming much.
You can opt out of UA if you drop below place 10 or just stay close to a guildmember.
There might be other players in your realm who won't mind the farming and love the rewards from ranking.
You can also just drop a few places and be surrounded by people who can't beat you.


@MattP
For you the rewards of doing HP are peanuts, but for each statue you beat you gain credits and coins.
After each level you get a shuffle.
The last two shuffles often contain cards.
These rewards are great for the majority of the field and a lot of help.
It is a big event on server 8 that is enjoyed by all on the server, because finally the lower and mid powers have a chance to actually succeed.
It keeps moral high, activity healthy and on our server we actually have a great ambience due to cooperation instead of dog eat dog.
To each there own of course, but the players feel very much helped and have enough competition on other areas to learn through doing and determination.