this is how @cyguy populated his plots :) He has 18 Runis in his plots :)
You can check here:
https://splinter-lands.streamlit.app/player_overview_page
If you have Runi, you don't need to stake DEC :) So you become incredibly efficient. But the cheapest Runi currently is north of $600
I forgot Beaker's tool has this option!
I do have Runi on my plots but my workers are mostly GF Chaos cards. Hence, lower PP compared to our guy, cyguy!
It does make a HUGE difference if you have GF Alphas and Betas!
Yes, lot of the legacy people had them, but they are far and few. Most sold them, some are still selling. They got it for virtually free, but that is why you play this game.
Lesson learned from this though, none of those legacy players who got free alpha cards are big players in the game. They mostly wasted their advantage in selling.
Look at the top land players today. None of them are legacy players.