Hooked on SPLINTERLANDS: Lessons Learned So Far - [steem] [blockchain] [games]
Making Gold League III Again
My journey into the SPLINTERLANDS started sometime in mid-November, so I am relatively new to the game. In fact I am completely new to the world of trading or playing cards, and only recently took the plunge after seeing @aggroed 's speech online at Steemfest recently. It was such an inspiring talk with such a positive message in regards to the future of Steem and blockchain games that it motivated me enough to become exploring this side of blockchain technology; online games.
Since playing I have learned that there are "Seasons" in the game. Each Season has 15 days in which you must battle your way up the ranks. At the end of each Season, depending on the rank or League you reach, you will be rewards with a certain amount of cards, but you will also be dropped in rank(league) in order to battle back up again at the start of the new season. Another perk about reaching higher ranks is that when you complete a quest, you are rewarded with more cards after completing each.
Novive Get 0, Bronze 5-9 Reward Cards, Gold League 22-30, Champion League 80-150
So the goal is to reach as high a league as you can battle your way into, but of course your opponents are there to make sure they get there first before you do. One simple and free trick that I am starting to understand, is that when a season ends, and every player gets "demoted" down, there are more players with higher Level cards to battle against. This season I did battle quite a bit, and at times it felt like I was spinning my wheels because I was constantly battling players with monsters at higher levels.
Then as the Season progressed, and those players with higher level monsters began climbing up into the higher leagues, I began to win more battles and also climb in the ranks. It also became easier to complete my quests as my quests came up. So I recommend for those of us that don't have very high leveled monsters or summoners, to wait it out a little after a season first starts up. Just try to complete your quests as they come up without forcing it, and then as the Season progresses along, you will start to battle others more on your level, and thus making it easier to climb the ranks of SPLINTERLANDS, with the eventual goal of one day making CHAMPION'S LEAGUE.
One can dream they say.
Oh and I also learned to correctly spell the name of my favorite SPLINTERLAND'S Summoner, ALRIC STORMBRINGER that I drew for the SPLINTERLANDS ART CONTEST WEEK 66. by @splinterlands .
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