IGN: torran
Joined: August 2021
Why I Joined: I was hunting for airdrop opportunities and the game looked fun.
Previous League: I started out as a Bronze player and due to Untamed's exorbitant card prices, I wasn't keen on going any higher, however, there were some nerfs to rewards that forced me to reconsider (the removal of starter cards and the under leveled card penalty to name a couple). I ended up building my collection for max Silver and that's where I stayed, playing in Modern, up until the leagues were removed. My highest season finish was second place with about a 70-75% win rate.
Current League: With the removal of leagues and card level caps, Modern became flooded with max level decks throughout all levels of rating. My win rate dropped to around 35-40% so I made the switch to Wild. In Wild, I usually end up at the very bottom of Champ with a win rate of around 52-55%. Some might say this is due to skill and that I belong there, but I think it has a lot more to do with Diamond becoming the new Bronze because I'm still facing a lot of Bronze/Silver opponents. I haven't leveled my collection past max Silver and don't plan to level any higher due to the associated costs with leveling. My initial budget was Bronze and I've since splurged for Silver, so that's where I plan to stay.
SPS Earnings: When I was playing in Silver, I had enough SPS staked for a multiplier of around 11x. I didn't really need to stake more, but that's still where most of it went (and remains). When I did swap SPS, it was mostly for DEC so I could buy more cards to improve my collection. Now that I'm touching the bottom of Champ, my multiplier has dropped to around 4.5-5x. I don't usually rent SPS, although I did try it out recently. Renting cost me around 6000 DEC to rent enough SPS to get my multiplier up to around 7.5-8x. That only earned me around 1-1.5 more SPS/win so I'm not for certain if I'll continue to rent. I'm really not a fan of recurring costs. The whole reason I started the game by purchasing cards instead of renting, was because I don't like constantly having to pay and the hassle of keeping up with rentals/rental prices. Also, I bought 5000 SPS when the token was first introduced and I currently have around 40k SPS staked.
Collection: My collection has changed quite a bit. I own a max Bronze set of Beta RF Commons and Rares with a few RF Epics. I own a max Bronze set of Untamed GF Commons and RF Rares and a mixed batch of 1 BCX/Max Silver RF Epics. I started out CL with a full set of RF. I even started working on getting CL to max Gold, but ended up flipping everything into a max Silver GF set. Most of my Legendaries are RF, but I do have a few GF. My Riftwatchers set is max Silver GF Commons and Rares with mostly RF Epics save maybe 1 or 2 GF. My Legendaries are a mix of BCX 1/Max Silver RF. For Rebellion, I have a full set of max Silver GF Commons and Rares (minus I think 2 Rares that I only have at BCX 1), a mixed set of max Bronze/Silver Epics and a mixed set of max Bronze/Silver Legendaries. I have plenty of reward cards (some Beta, some Untamed, all of CL) at either max Silver GF or maxed entirely in RF. Soulbound rewards are another story. I've also bought into every Promo since I joined for a max Silver GF (Rares and below) or RF (Legendaries).
What I Want Next: I want to finish leveling the rest of Rebellion and also try and get the rest of the Gladius and Soulbound Reward cards I need for max Silver. After that, I'd like to work on getting/leveling some more Untamed or Betas.
Typical Season Rewards: Honestly... I don't even know anymore. There's been so many changes in such a short period of time that I can't even keep track. The switch to the new rewards system definitely hurt though. I have some Glint saved up but I'm afraid to really spend it because everything keeps changing.
Glint Shop: I'm still not sure how I like the Glint shop. I've bought a couple batches of rewards, but I wasn't real impressed with what I got. It feels like a lot of work for not a lot of rewards. It could be that I'm just tired of the current batch of Reward cards. The whole Soulbound aspect of them probably has a lot to do with it too. I miss the days of being able to flip my Reward cards for other cards I needed.
What I'd Like to See: I think it'd be nice to have 2-3 specific cards, with purchase limits, available in the store every season. With cards being Soulbound, it's really hard to get exactly what you want/need. Having a few featured cards every season might make things a bit easier.
The New Season Fee: This is a tough one. As I said before, I hate recurring fees. I'm also a bit leary about how it's going to affect my earnings. I'm not exactly sure how much SPS I'm earning per season, but if I had to guess, it's around 160-180 SPS. At current prices, 2000 DEC/season is roughly 144 SPS. On top of that, doubling the staked SPS requirements is going to drop my multiplier even lower, so I'm not sure how that's going to play out. IF the fee leads to a decrease in the number of accts playing in Wild, the SPS per battle should go up, but I'm not entirely sold that we're going to see the massive drop-off in accts that people are expecting.
Other Comments: I'm still waiting/hoping on another tournament entry requirement overhaul. The entire reason I switched my collection to GF was for GF tournaments, and I find it rather frustrating that with as extensive as my GF collection is, I don't qualify for most of them anymore. Requiring 1400000+ CP for a Bronze tournament is ridiculous.