Not everyone is willing to invest thousands of dollars.
Many people are not even able to. Nowadays my total income is approximately $470 USD per month, and the local minimum wage is approximately $550 USD per month. And there are many people, who live (or rather survive) with much less income. So actually a lot of people are unable to invest thousands of dollars into a game.
The game will be highly profitable only for the rich.
that's true. i bout all the cards from bronze to Silver II. (46k CP), took $1.1k . im pretty happy with these cards, in fact- all good fighting power cards (a lot of them reaching the ceiling lvl of Silver league. ).
when you say the fun starts at gold league, that's really scary. it means it will be few more times of investment of Silver II.
however by reading your article, i think it's really a good suggestion for the summoner's lvl. but the point im wondering more is what if i'm planning a long stay and organic growth with what i invested so far, what summoner lvl will be good enough for the land? i just bought 1 plot with the price you mentioned (prob planning another one - waiting the hive to drop more.) and currently hv lvl4 summoner for water, fire, earth, life and lvl2 Quix
With the cards, land and sps stake, it probably touches my limit of investing in a game ever. really dont want to dump in more money for no returns.
thx for any suggestions.
Actually this article is not mine. It is written by @slobberchops. I currently do not know what it is like to be in the Gold Leagues in Splinterlands. Nowadays my max tier is Silver III.
Gold III. 10k CP. If only put money to upgrade from what I hv(46k) , it takes 5 gold foil legendary cards which currently ~ $500. Besides this, to be able to stay in gold league comfortably. Necessary to upgrade summoner from lvl4 to 6 and related monster cards to higher lvl. By looking at those cost. I want to hold on and keep staying in the silver league until can see certain return then may continue to invest. But on the other hand, the cards price maybe significantly higher than what it is now. A bit difficult to decide.