I guess you could see this as a good thing or as a bad thing depending on your point of view.
Two seasons ago I ranked Diamond one. Last season I put more money into my cards, but I only ranked Diamond three.
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This season I put even more money into my cards, but I'm only ranked Gold two. I'm finding it really hard to get out of the Gold rank even though it was so easy to get almost all the way to Champion before.
One thing I'm really noticing now is that people gold ranked are using higher level Summoners.
When playing someone in the gold two league it strikes me as highly unusual to be playing against monsters that are eighth level.
It is allowed though.
Eighth level common.
Sixth level rare.
Fifth level Epic.
Third level Legendary.
I don't remember the levels being this high before, but I suppose they may have always been this way and I just never noticed.
I will tell you that the Gold league usually consisted of levels 3 and 4 Summoners that were calling monsters that were ranked between levels 4 and 5.
What we're seeing here is a much higher level of competition.
In effect we are seeing many more expensive decks being played at lower levels.
This kind of sucks because it means that you put a certain amount of money into your deck and you do well with it. The next season you put even more money into your deck, and you do less well. The next season you put more money in but you do less well again.
I guess you could say it's really solidifying the ranks. The Gold rank was probably never actually meant for level 3 Summoners with level 3 monsters. It was probably more meant for levels 6 - 8.
Still, in the past it has always been right around level 3. Now everything seems to have jumped up a whole new section. Also Diamond uses Max Summoners, but so does Champion. I really don't get that.
In a way it really does feel bad. I don't want to put more money into my deck when it's only going to get me to a level that's not as high as last season.
I don't want it to feel like an endless money pit. I want to feel like we get some kind of reward just by playing. The daily rewards really don't count unless you have enough money to be able to upgrade each and every one of your decks.
I've stopped doing the daily because of that. I'm focused on my death deck.... I don't want to then go play the life deck. That is counter to my program.
I'm a death deck guy. I've put actual money into this death deck.
So these are just a few thoughts. I think the daily should change so that it doesn't require us to put money into decks that aren't our main deck. I think that is kind of unfair. I'm not necessarily against it getting harder each season, but I do think that there needs to be a sense of satisfaction when you put money into your deck, instead of a sense of disappointment.
That's what I'm kind of feeling right now and that's a crappy feeling.
Thanks for reading.
