So far splinterlands has been the best free to play NFT game, but this could be changing with all the updates regarding DEC rewards and other factors in the game.
We all know that the free to play nature of the game is what attracts new players and more players means more value is added to the game but splinterlands has made it clear that they have have no value for beginners and thereby removing all sort of DEC rewards for players still ranking in novice -bronze 2 without considering that these levels determine whether or not a player will continue to play and invest more in the game or just stop playing because he or she has not noticed any form of rewards, they do not understand how crucial the beginning is for the increase in value of the whole game.
WHAT COMES TO THE BEGINNERS MIND
I dont know if splinterlands have considered this but after a beginner pays $10 he atleast expects some sort of encouragement, even if it is 0.001 DEC per win as it was in the beginning because he/she knows that by increase in rating and power it would surely increase but instead when a player wins a battle he is stuck with no rewards and the first thing which comes to that players mind is that "The game is a total waste of money and time " all because it showed no form of reward.
I dont know if splinterlands have decided that they dont want new players and so made changes to give the new players nothing (on the issue of "Daily quest ", 1 out of 100,000 beginners receive a reasonable card; so it shouldnt be an excuse for rewards)
This tends to discourage new player from playing further and just dropping the game (loosing their $10)
ARE RENTALS STILL PROFITABLE.
Topic for another day..
On the issue of rentals for beginners, the short answer is no and I am not the only player to say this (many big players in the silver and Gold ) the rental system is made to favour only big players who can earn back their money with few wins. Imagine a bronze player renting 100DEC summoner 馃ぃ馃ぃ for a day .
The only way is to buy cards ( what is free to play when you buy a $500 summoner only to be earning 10 DEC per day -buy bread instead馃ぃ馃ぃ) .
Now am afraid of renting cards to play ranked battles And the one day rental system is something else.
HOW THIS WILL SHAPE THE GAME
I still dont know what strategy the splinterlands team have come up with to turn new players to customers (maybe to show the big rewards at higher levels so to make them spend their $cash ) but they should note that no reasonable person will put upto $1000 in the game without seeing a good reason at the very begining
My advice to the splinterlands team is that they should consider the new players because every diamond player played up to that level because of the encouragement from the very beginning and all it could take is for a popular youtuber in NFT niche to pick up his microphone and camera and make a video with a title "splinterlands is not profitable for beginners ". And thats it for them.
THE ONLY STRATEGY
the only strategy for beginners now is to rent cards with high power one day prior to season end so as to try their luck and this is because for a beginner renting upto silver 2 power will cost much and many players use the oneday rental system..
My rating is above silver 2 but my power is still low and am stuck at bronze 1.
I wonder what those in the third tier countries will do about this (or maybe the game is not meant for them)
Please help if you can ; any crypto or card will be good am 
NOTE: this post is meant to send a message to 
NOTE: If you find this post discouraging please Dont roast me too much because i am speaking for the Beginners (novice,bronze and silver)
NOTE: Dont stop playing and strive to reach gold and diamond level because it is a lot more profiteable at that stage
Thank you for reading .
PEACE....
