Hello Splinterlands enthusiasts, it is time for the Social Media Challenge! Today I would like to give some beginner tips and tricks for guilds. My advice to new guild members is purely based on my personal experience and I do not claim to be an expert. Opinions differ and different players have different things to say so take it simply as guiding comments when you set out to look for a guild and start the brawling experience.
CHOOSE WISELY
First, there are almost 2000 guilds around and not every guild is a good guild. There are different tiers and the higher the tier the more competitive it is. Look for a guild in tiers 1 or 2 when you are a novice. Look through the guild listing and go for a ranking between 500 and 800. Check out the building levels, because there is little point playing in a guild that has a barracks at level 1 where you cannot use gladiators. Choose a guild that has at least a level 3 hall, which is proof that the guild is developing and has a relatively solid team of players. Make sure that you look at the guild info page to see how active the guild is and what the general brawl performance is. A guild that fills less that 50% of its frays and does not perform in the top 5 is pretty much a dead horse.
COMMUNICATION
BUILDING UPGRADES
The level of the buildings in your guild determines a number of things. The Hall controls the total number of members and the level cap of all other buildings. The lodge tells you your percentage boost for your ranked battle reward points and the percentage discount you get in the shop. The arena tells you the tier cap of your guild and the reward multiplier. The barracks are very important. They provide buffs like added mana, banishing an enemy monster, speed advantage for home teams, draw advantage for home teams and most of all, control the gladiator level cap. Finally, the store decides how many merits you get for the purchase of gladiator packs and also offers blood and power stones. Brawling can be tough and winning is not a matter of cause so buffs, advantages and rewards are crucial for your success and enjoyment in a guild.
FRAYS
There are a bunch of different frays, or categories, according to levels and decks to pick from in a guild brawl. In the lower tiers the concentration is on novice, bronze and silver levels and in the higher tiers the focus is on gold and diamond levels. There are also regular foil and gold foil frays to choose from. The higher the rank of the guild, the more competitive it gets so it is crucial to pick a fray that suits your deck and/or the cards you will rent for the brawl. By the way, it is quite usual for brawlers to rent additional cards in order get that winning edge. Whatever you do, don’t play a fray for which you don’t have the cards, you will go under and it can be embarrassing to have a big fat zero next to your name. It is also not fair to the rest of the team. Once you have gathered some brawling experience and accumulated some gladiators, do experiment and try a higher fray from time to time. As you progress, you can move up the frays, especially in the lower tiers.
GLADIATORS
Gladiators play center stage in a brawl. The Bloodlust ability, which they all have, is absolutely lethal when it triggers more than once. A general strategy is to protect your gladiator card(s) from enemy attack as long as possible to allow it to lust on enemy blood and win the battle for you. Conscript summoners allow you to bring 2 gladiators into the arena and when they are well positioned and well protected, they will deliver. Don’t make the mistake and assume that the legendary gladiators are the most powerful. I consider the commons and rares, like Isgald Vorst and Captain Katie to be just as effective if not more than the legendaries.
BRAWL ETHICS
Finally, I want to say a thing or two about brawl ethics, by which I mean your behaviour within the guild. Brawling is a team sport and being a guild member does not just come with benefits. Brawlers have responsibilities, roles to play and investments to make. Most of all, brawlers need to be reliable: they must regularly play their battles when occupying a fray and consistently pay their contributions for building upgrades according to the guild rules. Forgetting your battles often means an overall drop in brawl ranking and not contributing to building upgrades intimidates others.
The success, progress and growth of the guild depends on the collective effort of the team. The more successful your guild becomes, grows and the further up the guild rank it moves, the more prestigious your team becomes and the greater the spoils are. Winning will feed your brawler ego and the rewards will line your SPS bank. Walking off the battlefield a winner and collecting several gladiator packs and a ton of SPS is very satisfying, believe me! On the other hand, being stuck in a guild that doesn’t communicate, brings mediocre rewards and loses a lot because people can’t be bothered to make an effort and neglect their responsibilities to the rest of the team, can be very demotivating. So choose wisely!
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