The dice mini-expansion from the Splinterlands Crypto Card Game has been around for quite a while now, featuring all-new abilities and powerful monsters. But I just never seem to run into any of them in ranked battles. Why is that so? Do people think they're weak? Are they too expensive to get from the market? While I'm not sure, I do have some theories about this.
Reason #1 - Players are lazy. Everyone is too used to their ages-old compositions. If they continue winning anyway, why even try to adapt at all? They're not being faced against these cards, so they slip their minds completely. It's not like there are major streamers or community get-togethers where influencers can show off how crucial some of these cards really are.
Reason #2 - Players don't understand getting meta cards would help them earn more. They are probably unaware of how much difference it makes when you have an advantage. A better win rate means more bang for your buck, because you only have so many matches a day before your Energy Capture Rate drops too much. If owning a card boosts your win rate by as little as 5%, that's an extra 5% boost to your Splinterlands income forever! Not to mention you can sell it later on, too.
Reason #3 - Players don't want to get cards from the player market. Maybe the 5% fee is scary to them, but I think it's mostly because everyone wants to buy packs instead. The problem is the currently much higher DEC price - at least compared to what it used to be. Despite DICE cards being moderately to highly powerful, you shouldn't buy packs when you're looking for something specific. Buying market cards for their lowest offers once in a while makes sure you don't have a lot of spare cards you're not interested in. That's a lot cheaper in the end. People forget trying to trade with others in the community Discord is also an option.
Do you disagree with anything I've said? Why? Please mention your usual ranked league to let us know more about your reasoning. I'm around silver, gold and diamond leagues.