Unlike other games, it’s important to quickly repeat the “fall back” action to build up your medal stack. To save time, you should perform a “fall back” every time you accumulate 10 medals to build up the stack quickly, and then continue by accumulating 20 medals at a time to build the stack further. Unlike similar games, it is not possible to proceed by gaining a stack of 10 medals at first, then 20, then 40, and so on.
Thanks, that’s a really sharp read of the medal curve – you’re right that short, repeated fall-backs beat one long run right now, and that’s not how I want prestige to feel. I’m looking at how medals scale with your best threat level; the goal is for longer runs to pay off more. I’ll mention it in a devlog when it changes.