It’s not you man trust me. My lineup is pretty good overall but there’s insanely strong people hanging out in gold and diamond leagues right now that I feel belong in champion. I can’t figure it out. Couple that with a much easier rental market and it’s a tough environment! I’m usually diamond 2 or 1 right now but I’m verging on falling back to gold. Good in some ways that lots of people are playing but frustrating as shit in others lol
I'm also getting my ass whooped in Diamond whilst thinking my deck is worth 130k bro, why aren't I in champion land?!
Only you!? Get a number and stand in line. The difficulty increased exponentially just as the marketcap (which is wonderful!), with the advent of manual playing.
With a $700K deck and 10 days into the season, I am still in Diamond :)
Currently only about 100 people are playing in Champions, and lot of them just reached there and taking a rest, because if they play, they will fall down below in Diamond again :)
I assumed there would be others, even those with expensive decks
who need to learn how to utilize them 😛It's great for the game though, if you can play you will make some tokens.
Looking at the daily quest rewards, I'm not sure taking a break is the best strategy, particularly if you have just scraped into champ and wont be collecting the DEC prizes. In other words, if all you are going to get is 30 more potions, might as well slug it out in diamond 3 and pick up a few thousand extra DEC each day. Or am I missing something?
For the record; I am now in Champions :)
Your taunts was helpful, Ash! LOL!!
No you are not missing anything. Actually I was answering that question in a different way to Taraz above. If you are optimizing there is many variables at play right now. Top 50 at any leaderboard right now gives you a DEC prize, you can choose to be in any if you can. But the main gig to earn more from the game is tournaments. Top profressionals are only playing the league to keep practice and swag up. The main earning is happening from the tournaments. You should check the stats here and see for yourself :)
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@jacekw/weekly-splinterlands-tournaments-summary-2021-08-09-2021-08-16
This gives you the idea, who the all time 'who's who' are :)
Well good to know I’m not the only one struggling lol you have a really good deck! Don’t think I’ve beat you yet but hopefully one day!
I'm sure you will beat me at some point, with the cards I'm renting you maybe?!
They like to win, so they don't progress? I assume that while there is more DEC on offer per round higher up, the win ratio can be significantly lower.
progress is a choice Taraz
Gold 1 is at 2800, so why Byza is not moving up with 2 accounts ? :))
Because of these reasons:
If Byza moves up to Diamond, he likely won't be #1 (therefore, miss out on the season end reward of 60K DEC).
He probably plays a lot of gold level tournaments and therefore need constant practice at gold level.]
Diamond level top spots are already taken by the chosen diamond players :)
These players are best of the best. They have figured out perfectly where they belong and what is the most efficient way of doing business.
I haven't even looked into the leaderboard yet. Makes sense.
Is it based on win/loss percentage?
It's based on points won, aka rating. Winning battles versus people who are lower (not reached the top ranks of the league) in the same league you are in will advance you a little bit (points gained, 3 points per win is how it's now set up regardless of win streak) but if you win versus someone at the top ranks of the league you are in you get more points per win (10-30 or so I've gotten). The same is true if you lose though, lose to someone in the lower leagues and you get smacked down the ranks but lose to someone in the same top ranks and you go quickly down!
Winning versus losing has some factor in it but the primary factor is don't lose to people close in the top ranks of the league!
only 363 positions to go!
Nice, rocking it bruh! Lol. The game is a little too addicting!
Thanks, I wasn't necessarily pointing out these people in particular. More the people who stay diamond 2 or 1 then flee battles so they stay. I've seen quite a few of them flee my battle to drop some points then later on wipe the floor with me because all their stuff is maxed.
I'm glad I haven't run into these top people, looks miserable!