I was early to this game , steem-monsters as it was called back then caught my attention true a post . As a long time pc gamer with many games in Steam , and had created community and in game content ( posting and playing ) for years without any return but the fun it brought , this crypto based gaming looked tempting .
Knowing about the risk , i still have some crypto-kiddy's somewhere collecting dust in a box , death or alive , is still the question . So i was happy to see Splinterlands was free to start playing and five summoners with a bunch of card came with it . All LVL 1 . Fire Water Earth Life and Death could all be played and sold even .
For me this game was way different from most games i played before , less stress on my hardware to , but man did those first battles wonder me . Why the fdfsfu did he get first strike in the second round ??? , ... hoooo' it's a speed thing . I soon made the decision to only boost one team . Started with the Fire team , but card drops from quest's made me swap to the Death team .
Back then Steemit gave no sign's getting profitable in any near future , moving all my steem (66) in to Monstercards did not hurt a bid . I leveled up my death team to lvl 3 summoner and all lvl 2 monsters . My steem was not enough do so i sold the whole Earth team . A thing that now-day's can not be done with the starting lvl 1 cardpack . I was lucky , and understand why it has changed . It was exploitable , leaving card-less ghost accounts behind that only drained the start award pool .
At this moment my pack has all starter summoners at lvl 3 a Daria dragonscale at lvl 4 and most common and rare cards at lvl 3 , some lvl 5 and 6 . A total of 112,360 power , max tier Gold III . Before max tier regulation i could reach beyond Gold by playing strong combinations of my highest lvl cards . A challenge that is no more , play till max tier , do the quest's and collect the loot . Maybe give a shot at the Silver league , but is it worth the extra awards you then miss out on ? The amount of awards on daily quest's in higher leagues like Diamond or Champion , witch i ones used to reach , are what made my card-pack grow and was more challenging . I could invest more to lvl up , but he' crypto-kiddy's you know ;-) . The league regulation also took some pleasure away from trading cards to strengthen a splinter . For now you will have to insert many power over the whole front of splinters to level up in league .
It does insist on new players to invest , witch in a way is not bad for the overall value of Splinterlands , the game . On the other side gives it people a opportunity to take will to power true wealth . Not a thing to worry about i guess , as it's just a game . Pay to win is a legit strategy and free to choose or use .
I took some years to build my card-pack , i choose will to power by playing the game , outsmart the bot's , and picking the right cards for battle . Who's on top of the list is not what interest's me , seeing the value grow true the years is . It's why i started playing and still play some today , the connection to profit in crypto by just playing a game .
Trading cards , it's nice but could use some better interface . Tracking the fluctuating individual card prizes true time is a thing i really miss . With 189 cards to watch a kind of dapp would be handy a least . For i see a card as an asset , buy them low and sell them high . Now i am not an code writer , and can only plug this idea in this post for a smart coder to pick up . It could be a good learning project for @CmplXty , who knows .
Planning on selling lot's of Gold cards , for i have them all on higher lvl and do not use them often . Bit worry'd about my power , i might drop out of Gold III doing that . I might not be able to buy back enough cards to lvl up again . But it's challenging and fun to give it a try .
Splinterlands is a big engine powering parts of Hive , it helped in it's growth and still attracts new users . The game is about making your grey mass work , choosing the right cards at the right moment and time . That moment you finally deploy your lvl 6 Sea monster under Daria Dragon lvl 4 after a long time grinding true battles that made you learn it all .
So far my supporting post for this still fun game .
Pictures : 1 is a digital work done by me , 2 and 3 are screenshots from the game .
Have a nice game all .
