In lieu of all of the recent changes in Splinterlands gameplay, last week I started an experiment to see if a new player could build a viable account without any monetary investment (besides the Spellbook, of course). I created a brand new account for my wife and started playing it (you can read the first installment in this series HERE). Now that a week has gone by, I thought an update might be in order.
Brief History
When I created this account, with the emphasis from Splinterlands on owning cards rather than playing Starters, I use my initial 3000 credits to purchase cheap, but frequently used cards. With Chaos cards being cheap right now, that is what I ended up with. Since I can win Reward cards in chests, I intentionally did not purchase any of those. I also tried to purchase at least a few card from each splinter (including Neutral). I ended up with 25 cards with a total of 325 CP. I didn't have as many Fire or Water card as the other splinters, but with the Neutral cards I purchase, hopefully I will be able to make some headway. As you might well imagine, none of these cards are Summoners.
Current Status
When I started this account, the current season had already been going for a few days, so I will not be able to earn points for a full season this time around. As of this writing, there is about one day left in the season and this is how this account currently stands:
As you can see, I am not doing very well in my pursuit of Focus Chests, but that is to be expected. I have been able to progress to Bronze III, so I am accumulating Season Points. Only time will tell if I reach the threshold of earning a Season Chest before the season expires. It looks like it will come right down to the wire.
What's Next?
Obviously, I hope to win a card from a Season Chest about this time tomorrow. Also, I am beginning to enter giveaways offered by generous members of the Splinterlands community. Maybe I can add one or two of those before my next installment. I'll have to see how many giveaways I can join between now and then and how lucky I am.
If you have any suggestions on how a new player can progress without having to invest any outside influx of capital, I'd love to hear it. Also, if you are a new player that has questions about anything I am doing with this account (or anything else, for that matter), leave me a comment below.
I always enjoying hearing the experiences of others. Thanks for sharing.
I'm glad I could oblige. Thanks for stopping by.
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Great, im looking forward to seeing how you progress!
Very interested to see how this starts to pan out. This experiment could actually develop a system that even seasoned, but not massively invested, players can use to increase their earnings. Will be looking forward to the progress and updates of this.
Looks like you are doing fairly well. In Modern you are only 75 collection power away from Bronze 2.
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Sounds like an interesting experiment. Interested to learn how it works out. Entering giveaways is a great idea for trying to accumulate cards without investing.
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