Welcome everyone to my very first post!
I started playing Splinterlands about a month ago and have really been enjoying the adventure so far. I am fairly new to the whole universe of blockchain gaming, and am really happy to have landed here in the Splinterlands! Playing this game has not only been educational, it has been really fun - and with a little luck it will eventually be profitable 😃
This past season was the first full season that I played in with serious intent. I did start off in the game towards the beginning of the previous season, but I was really just fumbling around for the most part trying to get a handle on how to play. This past season I was a lot more involved in the game and the community and I think it went pretty well!
To kick off the season I really focused on moving up in the leagues as quickly as possible to start earning more Daily Chests. It actually didn't take too long before I was able to fight, buy and rent my way all the way up to Silver III! I think it was a little easier in the beginning because rents are reasonably cheap at the start of each season. My basic strategy was to rent a few Legendary summoners (Chanseus, Lir and Mimosa) to help me win battles in Bronze, and once I got my rating up to 1000 I rented a couple of Epic gold foil cards for the Power to push me into Silver territory.
I know there's some debate about whether renting that much power is worth it for the extra chests, but I really wanted to get my hands on a few of the new Reward cards, so for me it was worth it for the additional chest from the Daily Quests 👍
For most of the season I just hung out in Silver III. Then, a couple of days before the season was about to end, I noticed that my rating was over 1300 and I thought - WTH might as well rent a couple more cards and go for Silver II to get a few more Reward chests!
It's always kind of a risky proposition renting towards the end of the season - rental prices start to increase dramatically, and there's no guarantee that the person renting won't cancel last minute so you lose the power right when you need it most. Especially in this season because it was the first with the new rule change that your league was the one you finished in and not the highest you obtained through the season.
Anyway, it worked out for the best this time and I was able to close the season in the Silver II league! The season reward for Silver II league is 15 Loot Chests. This is what I received:
I was pretty happy with this overall! A lot of cool reward cards which is what I was hoping for, including two rare Venari Seedsmiths (my 3rd favorite Venari Smith card 😆).
One of the reasons I wanted to write a post at the end of a season was to set goals for the next season. I really want to advance in the game, and I think there are so many ways to do that. Some goals I have for this next season are:
Another reason to post is to thank and recognize some of the awesome members of the community that are helping new players like myself:
Finally I wanted to thank all of you for reading this post. I always enjoy reading about how others are doing in the game as well as what they have learned along the way - and I hope you will continue on this journey with me.
If you are thinking about joining Splinterlands, please consider joining through my affiliate link here: Splinterlands . To show my appreciation, I will send you 100 DEC and a couple of reward cards to help you get started after you purchase the Summoners Spellbook.
