Let me be very clear that I love the design, mechanics and what it brings to entire blockchain gaming space.
I could have said the same in the past. Splinterlands changed a lot in the previous one year, and not in the good direction at all. A very different approach would be needed to be able to say the same thing nowadays.
Because nowadays Splinterlands is rather punishing and trying to force especially Bronze players to invest. Splinterlands should be rewarding and encouraging (again). As it was in the past.
Many people stopped playing Splinterlands because of the bad changes, and because Splinterlands became frustratingly too hard to play. I hope that the developers will do something good about Splinterlands, before they lose another couple of thousands of players.
Good luck and have fun.