Nice article!

Actually playing only 1-2 last days is not easier, because there are suddenly a lot of players competing for leaderboard and not only casually trying to make a daily quest. Of course you are right that if you start from 0 battles (aka 3100 or 3400 points) you can get points faster because most of your opponents have more points, but it works only for first 20-30 battles. Around 4200 it's getting difficult again, and it's actually when the game begins!

But I get your point, I will try to get some points in the middle of the season next time! ;-)

I didn't play ranked battles daily recently, because... I don't want to burn out, I played already 50k Splinterlands ranked battles lol. So I prioritize end of season and tournaments.

Some players play only last 2-3 days, but the reason is different, they just rent deck to compete for leaderboard (usually they own almost 0 zero cards) and it would be a net loss for them to rent deck for the entire season.