The first game I wasn’t quite sure what to do, so I helped my team out by killing enemies who were trying to get the gold. I killed four of them – including a very satisfying “grab from behind and leave them dead on the floor” move – and got $400, which seems just to mean the same thing as 400 experience points.

The next game I decided to go after the gold myself. I did really well, getting the gold from the spawning point, bringing it back to base and then… well, that’s the sticking point. The place you need to put the gold is on the first storey (second story, if you’re American and reading this), so you need to throw the gold up to someone waiting there for it. Which was fine, teammates were always there, ready to pick up the gold and put it in the right place. Great teamwork all round. Except, because I didn’t put the gold actually in the target position or kill any enemies, I got no points and no experience. So I’d have been better off just running around killing people or standing safely upstairs waiting to receive gold. That annoyed me quite a lot. I’m either missing something here, or the system is broken. What’s the point of my team winning the game if everyone else gets the benefits and I get nothing? Harumph.