OG, here. Occasionally, something like this will arise, where an exploit is discovered or a new feature needs correcting, or a myriad of other discoveries pop up on this journey, but the dev team has always got it sorted out, usually better than before.
I have full confidence this will be no different.
What exploit made this necessary?
I don’t know specifics, but there’s a recent update in the discord official announcement discord channel that explains it better than I can.
https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@splinterlands/quest-potion-update
Isnt that this exact thread? It says more dec is able to be gained by buying pots with credits. But it is in fact the same amount if dec that was ever obtained. The dec is worth more now than then, i will give it that. But amount of dec gained is no difference. It was implemented at .75 value of credits which matched .75 worth of dec. Unless ut is a question og tokenomics and circulating supply going up. Like if 100% dec from purchases are burned. But ppl are only buying with credits because they would be dumb to spend 5.50 value for a .75 value. But if that was it why did they say something completely different?
I see a lot of vets daying the dev team cared about community and they will likely make things better than ever. I hope so. And it makes me hopeful. But I dont have any way to know that as a newby that just started feelin like im getting good tho 😌
It seems like the DEC payouts for winning battles has also been kicked in the dirt. Could be off base, but I'm getting 0.1 - 0.3 when it used to be around 0.3 to 0.4 on the LOW end with no stream. I believe the 'exploit' was only a threat to the economics of DEC because you could crack a chest with 2000 DEC here and there.. I've gotten a couple and I'm holding every bit of the DEC to juice my SPS airdrop score. In reality the removing of credits option just forces more use-case for the DEC, and that should create more buying and help the price of DEC. But that's going to come down to whether enough people are using DEC for the potions to make a difference. My guess is probably not. because for ~$5.75 I'd rather buy card out of the market to ensure I actually am growing my collection. There is ZERO guarantee that the potion will net any card(s) from the chests no matter how many there are.