Introduction
Hello SplinterFans....I hope that you are all doing great on the battlefields of Praetoria, fighting and winning one glorious battle after another...Now, let's get back to the main topic of this post...
I have been playing Splinterlands since June 2018, and since that I have been building my deck and assets in the game.
My son, who is 12 years old as I'm writing this, has been looking over my shoulder all these years. At some point, late 2021, he asked me if he could get an account, so that he could play the game with me. We created an account, and bought the spellbook, and I sent him some cards so that he could get started...At first, this was not a success, he only played like 20 ranked battles, and decided that it was to difficult for him...We talked about him joining the game again later on...
A couple of months ago he was ready to try again...He played some more battles, watched videos on Youtube and so on. He played a few seasons, enjoying the game in the Bronze league. At some point, he saw some videos, and asked me if we could try out on of the bot services, to maybe earn some more rewards...We did that.
At this point, he has been building a deck with a collection power of more than 20,000, and he has 1625 SPS staked, more than enough for a decent experience in Bronze (I bought almost all of the SPS for him, around 1600).
With a deck like this, worth around $50, we can easily compare him with a typical new player joining Splinterlands.
New Player Experience
Last season, leagues were capped, and with a deck consisting of level 2 summoners, and cards max. level 3, my sons deck was doing allright in the Bronze league, he sometimes reached Silver in the end of the season. Playing like this he was able to get 5-10 daily Bronze Chests, and 10-15 Silver chests end of season.
Now, with the new league system, where nothing is capped, his deck pretty quickly accelerated into the Gold league....
Screenshot of my sons accountThis sounds very nice at first, acually untill today, where the daily rewards were Gold chests...As you can see, he's not able to earn any daily rewards anymore, he doesn't get enough RP because of his "small" SPS stake.... Well, this is maybe just today and tomorrow, if he loses enough battles, he'll be back to Silver...
It actually gets worse, if next season's rewards are based on the highest league reached this season, then he'll been earning Gold season chests next season...Then he'll probably be able to earn only a few season chests.....What is there to play for then, and what is the fun in that?? Is he really expected to buy a lot more SPS, to get some more RP per win?? That was actually not the idea behind this....We put in some money in the beginning, to be able to play the game and earn a little bit of rewards...Realistically, we are not expecting to earn a lot, just a little bit....The fun part, opening chests that you have won, is gone..
Screenshot of my sons accountConclusion
I don't think that this league system is fair, and a good experience for new players, if they earn a little in the beginning, but as soon as they move forward a bit, rewards begin to dissapear.....unless of course, they put in a lot of money...both SPS and cards to level up....This should be something that people should do because they want to, not because they have to....This will automatically come later, as they get more and more addicted to the game...This applies only to new players, getting them in, giving them a great experience, making them want to invest more in the game.
By the way, how is it possible for a deck with a collection power of 20,000 to reach a rating of 2120 (Gold III)...???
Well, that was what i wanted to share with you today... Hope that you enjoyed...
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I've always played with gold cards. After a long break, I didn't have my gold cards. After the Splinterlands update, I bought about 40 of the cheapest max level gold cards, I rented inexpensive max level summoners. Now I play every day for profit in gold league 1, I rent some gold cards for $0.30 per day. And I wanted to increase my SPS stack 4 times from 25k to 100k.
It’s difficult for beginners to play without significant investments, and if you want to invest, you need to know which cards are profitable to buy. But personally, I have now become more interested in playing and investing. I have hope for a continuation of the bull market and the SPS price above $0.10 :)
Yes, I know...and you are absolutely right...you have to put in some money, to earn some money...That is not the issue...We put in a small amount of money for him to earn a small amount of rewards. The issue is that he advances to a league where he doesn't belong...You need to invest more to earn at these levels, but that was not the initial idea...He just wanted to have fun in the lower levels, and earn small amounts of rewards. A win for him in the Gold league pays the same as a win in Bronze...the only difference is that daily, and EOS rewards dissappear...
I also want more SPS for my own account...I'm at 32 K now, would like 100 too😀
Sps is going to go there..and beyond in time..!!..
Renting the SPS is not as expensive as you may think. With around 40 to 50k of SPS he should be fine, and these do not cost a fortune.
He should still make a profit.
I know, but that was not the initial idea (read my answer to @urrirru), but maybe we'll have to do it anyway...
My point is, do we expect all new players to make hefty investments to compete and earn a small amount of rewards in the beginning? I think that it will come in time, when people want to earn more than just a little bit😀
I started with an invest of 250 €. Mainly in SPS and DEC. I soon have seen, that I cannot compete with that and bought CL Packs in the General Sale.
Now I have a 5 digit investment in SPL. Because it hyped me later on.
I am not sure, how much invest is needed now in the start. But what is important is to balance the invest.
With the introduction of SPS staking requirements for rewards it is not enough to have a good deck. You also need the SPS. So for starters it is not the best idea to buy a strong deck and rise the ladder, without having SPS backing this.
This was where the day ended....no rewards...
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