Splinterlands: New Change To Voucher & DEC Purchases
Season 141 has ended, and another splinterlands season has begun. I currently play in wild, where the competition was supposed to be easier, but it has recently become extremely difficult to play in wild due to the increased number of human players.
The splinterlands rewards were better last season than two seasons ago, but I received fewer Glint rewards, and I struggled to finish in Diamond 3, as opposed to the previous two seasons, when I did so comfortably.
I have not been able to progress beyond Diamond 1 in over 5 seasons, and I believe it is because the competition is tougher than it used to be.
So this season, I received approximately 72k in reward when I claimed my Glints; I was hoping for more, perhaps 80k, but some extremely difficult players appeared a few days before the end of the season, and I went on a long losing streak.
Because of the way the reward shop is designed, it is now difficult to purchase as many cards as you want due to their high cost. A legendary used to be about 25k Glint; now it is around 35k, a whopping 10k difference. Legendaries are the set with the highest glint price increase, and I have not been able to purchase a legendary draw since the release of the new soulbound set.
However, I decided to take a chance by purchasing the minor and major chests. I wanted to see if I could unexpectedly obtain an EPIC card. I knew I needed to buy the ultimate to have a chance at a legendary, but the ultimate chests are prohibitively expensive for me to gamble on.
Unfortunately, I did not get any epics. I wanted to see if I could get one or two epic cards so that I could channel the Glints. I set out to buy epic cards in exchange for a legendary, but the gamble failed, and I was unable to obtain a legendary for the second week.
Another reason I was not as eager to get a legendary was that I would seen some of the legendary cards, and they do not appear to be particularly exciting. They may gain some massive abilities at levels two and three, but in the short run, they are uninteresting.
To get a legendary card to level two, you will need 105k glints, and you can not choose how often you want to get a specific legendary card; it is a random thing, so you will have to spend more time, and I do not think I have the firepower to acquire enough glint.
So, for the time being, I will refrain from purchasing any legendary items. (Draw or major chests)
The goal is to actually increase my common, rare, and EPIC cards. So that is what I spent my Glints on. I got over 40 rare draws, and I could only afford to buy two epic draw. I had gambled heavily on the chest, which reduced my Glints significantly.
Olivia Of The Brook
However, I was pleased with the epic pull I received. The Olivia of the brook. The card is a life element, and there has been a lot of hype surrounding it. Aside from having two attack types and the opportunity ability, it is simply powerless at level one. This card reminded me of Quora. So, I will say my epic pull was satisfactory.
Next, I purchased some merit and then some Gladius cases. My rewards were not particularly exciting, with the exception of the Edith emberstar, which I now have at level 2 after upgrading. I also have the Katrelba at level 4, complete with one additional melee attack.
No More Voucher For Pass
So, players can no longer purchase the season pass with a voucher. I saved up enough vouchers in the hopes that I could continue to use them to make purchases. Also, you can no longer send vouchers to Hive-engine; you can only transfer them into the game, not out. I had to pay 1.4$ out of pocket to purchase a new season pass.
The only consolation is that SPS has increased in price. For my part, all I want is to continue to own more SPS. I am not sure if I can play for a longer period of time, but even if I plan to exit, I will have some SPS.
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Sorry to hear about your pulls. I too am concentrating on common and rare cards as the others are way more expensive now. I saw Splinterlands has so far lost around 1k less registrations so far this season with the switch from Vouchers to DEC only. I presume for some players/bots it is not so economical anymore with the cheaper voucher price.
I don't know why the switch was made, seriously, I don't know who make these decisions, we were complaining that it's even difficult to pay, and they made it even more harder to pay. Stifling real players all in the name of banning bots or keeping the value in isn't such a good thing.
I'm just actually playing for the short term as I don't really think I'll play for far too long.
I really hate what they did this time around. You can't transfer out vouchers and to play wild you have to pay only in DEC (or credits, but who has any?) Another really bad move on their part in my opinion.
I don't think I have any epics pulled so far, but I did pull a legendary from a major chest which was nice. It's going to take a long time before any of the common cards will do many any real good in battle.
My Gladius cards haven't been great pulls lately. Ironically I nearly have a level 4 Marisol which is epic, and I can't seem to pick up even one Quora which is what I need to get her to level 3... Sigh....
All luck of the draw I suppose. These changes they are making only cost us more money, meaning they are making more money. I know they need to be able to generate revenue, but lately it feels like they are gauging the established players more and more...
It's actually a terrible decision to do that. Voucher is part of the system and I don't know why someone can transfer in but cannot transfer out. I don't really have that much Faith in splinterlands and when the market gets better I'll probably just take profit and leave.
It's hard getting that one card to actually complete a set, I still have my Quora at level two and it took over a year to get it to that level. I'm certain you'll actually be able to get yours to level 3 soon enough.
The changes aren't really favouring real players, but I guess splinterlands are bent on actually keeping in the value at the expense of everything.
The cost to unlock the soul bounds is just so high as well, and over time I think it's going to be a loss. I think you're right, it may be near the time to consider jumping ship once the prices are better.
I think they made it so high so that people wouldn't even consider it. So I think the whales and collectors can afford to do so. I'm considering just off everything when the market gets a bit better, it's why I bought a few cards recently in the past 4 to 5 months ago, then just sell off when the price get better
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Last season, I didn't play as much but I think it was harder in modern as well. I did get into gold league but I found it a struggle to even stay up there. I don't think the chests are worth it unless you are higher up in the leagues and play enough to make use of the extra energy.
As for the Wild pass, I think it sucks but I guess it's the result of phasing out VOUCHERS. I think they plan on doing so and I don't think I will go back there anytime soon.
You're playing in modern so I really expected it to be harder. I don't have what it takes to play in modern and unfortunately I still have to stick to wild. Although I think I can only play for the short run
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Yeah, Wild has become a wild adventure... I calculated how many DAYS of playing I need to pay for the entry ticket. It isn't encouraging.
Of course, sometimes you get lucky, like I did with the jackpot, but if one of these things (or both) don't happen:
things won't look pretty from the profitability standpoint...
Indeed a wild adventure, thanks for the pun. I think I made up my mind already, I'm just playing to actually increase my SPS stake overtime, and as the market gets better, I'll just selloff. I actually don't have enough to stay or play in modern, so I think it's just a no-brainer.