My response to @yabapmatt on leagues and how it all ties to the new player cost concerns of everyone in #splinterlands including @psilence @aftersound @synist3r and the champion that asked the question @fatjimmy #playwithyourbags
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Great video! All valid points! Just to clarify, I have a LOT of Rebellion and spent thousands on it... They are being rented out in account "Psilence4" right now since I'm not playing modern ATM ;). I'm against the $4 packs because even though I DID spend those thousands into REB, I got nowhere. Literally had commons at under 60BCX having spent 2k+ and had to buy a LOT of singles on top of that to finish my legendary cards. When you spend that much and still can't get close to Max, it's hard to justify doing so again. The rewards I've received based on how much I spent are very out of line. I can't justify doing that again. $2 packs I'd feel like I'd have a chance to get somewhere, $4 I got nowhere even having spent thousands. That being said: $2 packs is the way to go IMHO. Thanks again for the video!
This is the problem because you feel like the thousands you spend got you "nowhere" which is false. You own cards today that have probably retained good value and are great rental income for you. They don't play well because half your collection is maxed out cheap.
Full disclosure: The value of my REB = $3650 and my daily rental income is around 1350 DEC. Yes, I own Tofu and Venka etc and they are included in that calculation. I spent around $3500ish on cards / packs. The 1350 DEC is around $1 a day in rental income. It will take me almost 10 years to earn back the $3500 if I continue to rent them out. (That's not including the fact that 1.5 years from now they will rotate and become less valuable and rent for less.) Just my numbers for full transparency. :)
The most important part about this whole statement is that you have not lost money on your investment in the last YEAR!!!! When has #splinterlands done this ever since the chaos of Chaos Legion. Huge win in my mind which is why I don't want to change it.
But I had to put in $3500... And I'm not close to a max deck. That's a crazy amount for a TCG and it's unreasonable to expect people to drop that kinda money to play. I just want to see more people in SPL :) Nothing is saying lower priced packs won't retain value, Untamed did!
Re: Magic Packs - I just skipped the commons because they don't have a lot of value, not because they aren't used in decks ;). Most magic decks are actually primarily commons and uncommons with supporting rares and mythic cards. The cost of a deck that you can use for three years is under $500 and that's for the most competitive deck available in the meta right now.
I also agree with you that we don't need "starter packs". We should properly price the core set which would eliminate the need for them. Their whole purpose is just to provide a "cheaper alternative"... Why not make core set more accessible instead?
https://mtgdecks.net/Standard
To say that the most magic decks are primarily common and uncommon is misleading seeing how the top architypes are over 50% rares and epics.
Also to be clear if you spend $500 dollars on that decks today there is no guarantee you can play that for 3 years because these standard decks are combinations of all legal sets which means that pieces of the decks are falling out of rotation every year more than not.
This is also true of splinterlands decks. They rotate every 1 1/2 years... or is it annually? I can't even tell anymore as I'm not sure if they still plan to do mini sets and keep rotation at 18 months or not do them and rotate annually. I would prefer a new set annually and to skip mini sets, personally. Give us new reward cards that rotate with each new set too so that they are only in print for a year! :)