RE: SPS Governance Proposal - Adjust Rewards Based on Card Level

[udow]

In my opinion Splinterlands think since a long time not to the small player anymore, they aren't interested in them, the time is over when somebody who spent 500$ or 1000$ in the game is worth something.
They showed it again and clear with the promotion for Splinterfest, the smallest package was 4000 packs for 4$ = 16.000$ and if you buy the biggest pack for 160.000$ you got 40-times more SPTD packs than with 16.000$, additional bonus packs (with this promotion) you got also only in the more expensive package.
I don't understand why it is not possible to make also a package for 500$ or 1000$ - the only answer I have is that they don't care about such people with such "small" amounts.
So this is IMO the real problem.

Comments

[uwelang]

100% in agreement, a lot big players see that issue as well. We need new players. Period! And currently I do not see a lot that attracts new folks.

[urun]

The problem is the game is not competitive at all. If all cards would have the same stats and level up means only " more rewards" it would be the pro gaming scene.

But what we see is money = higher rank means the game is meaningless to compare it to skill.

[urun]

only investment needed + time.

[bigdizzle91]

Pretty much, I sold 90% of my account in the last year or so cos I don't like the direction things are going and it makes me think it's all just a waste. I mean who wants to play a game with 50 people with max everything and 100k bots.

[udow]

I spoke from the promotion for Splinterfest, this is on top to the normal bonus packs (who aren't free - they need one voucher). To take part in the promotion for Splinterfest you need to buy 4.000 packs for 16.000.000 DECs. Even this packet is very poor if you compare with the paket for 40.000 Packs for 160.000 DECs, if you spent 10-times more you get 40-times more SPTD-Packs, 10% additional bonus packs, more potions & runis.
So IMO you see clear the splinterlands-management is only interested in big investors, they obvisiouly even not thought that their can be people who want (or can) spent only 500$ or 1000$ - This is the point.

[udow]

yes you can pool but you cannot share what you get, f.e. potions aren't transferable, so you cannot share them with the member of your pool. So one have the potions to open all packs and other have packs without potions.
Also it is a question of trust to make a pool as in the end the account-owner can just keep all and sent you nothing.
So I think it would be much easier to just allow to buy small packages.

[udow]

Nice for you, but not everybody can buy 25k packs ...

[udow]

But what have this to do with the question if you value small investors or even if you value investors at all ?
I don't know how many player / investors took part in the Splinterfest-promotion, but when I see the shop-page and see how many packs needed till next airdrop it seems for me that it wasn't really much.
The question is f.e. if it is better to collect from 2 investors (this is only a example as I don't know the real participants) 160.000$ = 320.000$ pr from 1000 investers 500$ or 1000$ each = between 500.000 and 1.000.000.

But I can also ask other question:

1. Is it really appreciative to offer titles with the Untamed-Promotion, don't deliver them as promised and than send the investor who ask for the title from @yabapmatt to @aggroed and back and only deliver the titles when the investor announce that he do a complaint at kickstarter when he don't get his title ?
2. Is it really appreciative to run the SEED/Germinator-Campaign and announce that Delwyn Dragonscale is except the water summoner the only summoner in the game who add a magic buff, but then even before you can redeem your token from this promotion add Archmage Arius to the game who add also magic buff but also range and melee-buff ?
3. After 2 is it really the best way to reduce Mana-Cost of Archmage Arius from 6 to 5 and let Delwyn Dragonscale at 5 mana, to spoil worth of Delwyn Dragonscale quite a lot ?