Extremely. Retroactive airdrops specifically reward early adopters — people who used the protocol when it was new, unproven, and had no established reputation. The earlier you interact, the more weight your activity typically carries in the eligibility analysis.
By the time a protocol is popular and everyone is farming it, you’re competing for allocation with thousands of other wallets. The people who showed up before the farming guides were written usually did better.
This is why monitoring funded, tokenless protocols early — even before they’re well-known — is the core skill of veteran airdrop farmers.
