Yeah, all of the money I have poured into Splinterlands has seemed like a huge waste. I was doing great with rentals for a while but now make next to nothing. Plus you have to pay now to put your cards up to rent. On top of that, there were so many packs printed that it really drove the value down.
I am not sure if anyone is making money on this game besides the owners at this point. But to be fair, it is a game after all. You could say that they have brought outside attention to Hive which is great.
No kidding. Chaos Legion really destroyed the ecosystem. That was such a huge mistake, I don't know if the game can recover from it. I do know that if in the next bullrun Splinterlands gets a boost similar to what they got during the last, I'm selling all my non-soulbound cards and exiting.
I have thought about selling everything as well. I just never feel like it is the right time. But that time may never come.