Originally Posted by
mlord
Then begin climbing the ladder again, accumulating the extra "early recognition" benefits again at each rung. If they haven't plugged that "loophole" before then.
It appears to be mostly plugged. Generally you get fewer upgrade credits at each tier level and also you no longer get select benefits at each tier level. By the time you hit 50k on a ladder run, for example, you will have already received all the milestones at 10k, 20k, 30k, 40k.