I have been brawling with Shield of Glory since mid-2022, and am consistently a mid-range brawler, so that isn't too bad considering the Guild is strong and who we are brawling against in our tier. However, I have started Splinterlands pretty late, and it was much later than that when I was willing to brawl, because originally, I just wanted to do my own thing and not have any responsibilities or obligations. However, it has been fun to be a part of the guild, and they seem like decent people who care about the game.
Part of the benefits of participating in brawls is the ability to get Gladiator cards, which are soulbound to an account, so can't be traded or bought. This means that they were "rare" in the sense that only brawling accounts had them. However, since merits are available in ranked rewards, other accounts are able to buy them too. And, since there are now rulesets that allow Gladiator cards, and summoners that can call on them into ranked battles, they are more versatile too.
I feel like the growth of my set has been painfully slow, but today I surprisingly maxed my first Gladiator card, Jini Guise - a Legendary. I don't get many legendary cards so it is a surprise to max one, and the rest my Legend set is pretty slim.
But, maxing a card is something to celebrate, and while I can't use it at max in brawls, what it does give me is an interesting card for some of the Ranked battles, as the new ability I picked up at max is Resurrect.
Armor
Bloodlust
Blind
Silence
Resurrect
At only 4 Mana, that is a decent set of abilities for an older card, and could come in handy in a low mana round with Glads allowed, perhaps in sets where it is likely Earth, combining with Obsidian for the magic boost to up the chances of bloodlust, and silencing the opponents in the process. It might also be interesting in a magic only ruleset too. Not sure yet, but it might be some fun to experiment with.
If you have ideas on how to use it, let me know.
With the new points system introduced this season, I am not going to be able to climb up the leaderboard very far, let alone get into Champion 1. I used to consistently be in Champion 1 for a while, then knocked down to C2 for the most part now. However, because in Champion there are no streaks, the few good runs I do get a season, won't amount to anywhere near as many points, so it looks like I am going to be a C3 player at this point, meaning that I think I will have to start from Diamond 2 at the starts of seasons. That sucks.
It might change, but it looks at this point that the people who get to near the top, will be able to hold the position quite easily, without playing too much. Those shameful people who are "probably" using Battle Helpers will get the long enough streaks of 20 point wins to get in there, then just not play. Everyone else will be one step forward, one step back. Essentially, a 50% win rate like I have in Champion, doesn't move me anywhere, so I will just languish in the same position, with little chance of moving up into a higher league.
Finishing in Champion 3, means getting reset to Diamond 2 on 3200 points. To go from there to Champion 1, requires 1100 points. That means that in order to make that climb, it is going to require a minimum of 55 wins more than losses. I think this means the win percentage would have to be about 70%. I would have to improve my win rate by around 40% and there is little chance of me doing that. I think I am unlikely to ever see Champion 1 again. I think that what this means, is that the rankings are going to be pretty static. Static isn't exciting.
And, it is going to be very painful to just miss going up a league now.
But, these are my early feelings on it, and perhaps in time it will balance out and it will be worth it again. At least at the start of the season, when I did happen to win, I was able to get some decent amounts of SPS, which might prove valuable if there is indeed going to be some money coming into it from the bullmarkets.
I won't hold my breath for that though.
Taraz
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Actually my feeling is quite different.
I resurrected an old account to play lower leagues. I have done this many times in the past so that I do not lose touch of the lower leagues and can understand the pain point of common players or new comers playing lower leagues. Let me tell you, after the update the exprience is very good. Previously playing manual it was impossible for to climb out of bronze. Now I can!
Totally agree with this. We'll need to keep an eye on it long term, but so far great.
yes big new change. will take time to understand
What is it like playing down there with a full set of cards? No limits right? So you will climb out pretty fast.
Do you know if there has been any more combining of cards, or purchases to up levels?
Doesn't have to be full, but higher than bronze say. For example, if you play mix of silver and gold level cards in Bronze, you can power through it easily. As there are no limits.
Yes there have been combining cards by exsisting players. I have combined a lot of my spare broken up decks to this play account and I am playing comfortably in silver.
PS. I have no gladiator cards on this account
I am guessing someone is tracking, but it will be interesting to see what kinds of combination numbers are happening, as well as pack sales, as a handful of packs gives a pretty good start for a bronze deck in modern.
and just CL-RW pack combo is enough, and they are dirt cheap. Also CL cards can be had very cheap from the market
I immediately think of Llama cube. If it's a magic reflect ruleset, you could put put a martyr card in first then cube in second. She can sit behind cube.
Silence, Protect and Blind all keeping cube alive. Martyr dies, gives martyr and scavenge upgrades to cube. She resurrects, martyr dies again, cube gets stronger again.
She dies to magic reflect, more scavenge for cube, then last stand from Llama.
That is a nice setup for Wild - I unfortunately play in modern only at the moment. Might try some low-level wild, as it seems I can't climb in Modern :D
I try variations on this with Spirit Druid Grog, but he's too quick to die from magic reflect and/or opportunity. Resurrect cards which die first, not ideal :)
I've said it before and I will say it again, brawls are my favorite part of Splinterlands right now. I just wish my guild had a high enough level store that I could buy the gold potions for gladius packs.
What level is required for that? I haven't been buying any potions for Glads - I was, but my results were so poor I stopped.
Your guild store has to be level 8.
Just a heads up, I have faced a few Champ Wild players in Modern Bronze. I think a lot of Champ players could be moving to Modern. So there will be more competition for Champ in the coming days.
They will get up so far, but it is very hard to climb without streaks. So the players using battle helpers will be at the top. More competition is good!
Congratulations on maxing out that gladiator card. I am nowhere close to maxing anything.
As for ranked battles, it's rough. Yesterday I got destroyed and today was only slightly better. I am hoping things get better when those max card decks move up.
I haven't got anywhere at all so far - one step forward, one step back. Impossible to climb. A 70% winrate to climb is beyond me.
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