User blog comment:Pgrobban/The rise and fall of Cookie Run/@comment-24956068-20151002102429/@comment-25968376-20151002124802

The reason we don't feel like beginners anymore is as you say, we got things like Ghost PIrate's Island which makes farming for coins easier, along with new cookies and pets. But for me, this means that we are narrowing the gap between "good" and "bad" players, as a measure of how much people are willing to grind.

Even though grinding in the earlier seasons was a painful experience, it felt more rewarding as we climbed through the ranks and got that magnetic aura that we always longed for. Now it feels like more of a chore.