Another Goal Achieved! * My Hive Goals (Week 38, 2023)

This is a short sum-up table with the state of my goals in easier TLDR form. The table has only a general overview, with details expanded in the post.

Current State/Other Selection Criterion	Goals Matching the Criterion
Ongoing	5 (HP + HBD Savings, LEO Staked, Comments Made, DEC Saved 2 - Stage 2, Cards for Staking on Land - Stage 2)
Main Goals Completed	0
Main Goals Missed	0
Completed Goals	4 (DEC-B Saved, DEC Saving 2 - Stage 1, Cards for Staking on Land - Stage 1 & 1.5)
Missed Goals	0
Main goals	3 (HP + HBD Savings, LEO Staked, Comments Made)
Goals	2 (Cards for Staking on Land, DEC Saved 2)
New Goals	2 (Cards for Staking on Land, DEC Saved 2)
Increased Goals	3 (HBD target for HP+HBD Main Goal - twice, DEC-B Saved)
Decreased Goals	2 (Comments Made, Cards for Staking on Land - Stage 1)

I include a link to the initial goal-setting post for 2023, for reference, if needed.

What a full week! It started with figuring out and learning a few workarounds to be able to play Land gameplay fully on the Mavs test server. However, I didn't have time to test it enough because I switched my focus to Hivefest. And I still have enough things to do before the game is launched to optimize my first interactions with it.

Regarding Splinterlands, I checked out my card collection this week, and, if I consider cards above 800 PP (or consolidable to above that level), I have enough cards to complete stage 2 of the card staking goal. I lowered the threshold a bit from 1k, and probably I will do it further, at least in the first phase, to move more plots into production, but in time I will optimize what I should optimize, depending on the potential benefits for doing so too. I won't move all of these cards to my main Splinterlands account until I have enough DEC to stake first, so I'll leave them rented out if they are in my rental accounts. So the interim goal noted as stage 1.5 is now considered completed.

The other Splinterlands-related goal is very likely a miss since I have until the game is launched to get more or less 750k DEC, which is unrealistic at this time.

One action I performed this week that added a little bit more DEC to my stash, was to switch my small SWAP.HIVE:SWAP.BUSD position to a SWAP.HIVE:DEC position, moving away from BUSD. I may consider this DEC to the totals or rather keep it as a buffer for the future.

Let's see what has changed since last week regarding my Hive goals.

HIVE Power (HP) + HBD in Savings Main Goal

My staked HIVE reached 34,547 HP this week. I am still on course with my daily powerups for the PUM badge this month. My HBD savings remained at 160 HBD.

Here's what the evolution of the HP+HBD goal looks like (unless we have some price recovery by the end of the year, chances are to miss this main goal):

Here's where I'd add some information regarding the amount of HBD/HIVE per week I'd need until the end of the year, but given the recent evolution listing this makes absolutely no sense.

LEO Staked Main Goal

I staked another 250 LEO this week - 72 LEO purchased - and reached 19,600 LP. My powerup from this week is above the average needed per week.

I currently need to stake 208 LEO weekly (down from 210 last week) to reach the target by the year-end.

Splinterlands Land Expansion Main Focus

Land expansion's main focus extends throughout 2023. Unless I change the strategy, it will be the only main focus / main goal for Splinterlands in 2023. But there will be several 1-3 months goals.

First Land-Related Goal: DEC/DEC-B Saved - Completed

This goal is COMPLETED.

Deadline (passed): When DEC-B offer runs out, either because all were sold out or because the time limit was reached (April 9th).

Target to consider the goal completed: 1.5 mil. DEC-B saved. Done!

DEC Saved 2 Goal - Stage 1 Completed

[COMPLETED] Deadline stage 1: June
Deadline stage 2: August/whenever Land 1.5 is launched
Deadline stage 3: End of 2023?

Target to consider the goal completed:

• stage 1: 1.2m DEC (COMPLETED)
• stage 2: 2.2 DEC (1m additional DEC)
• stage 3: 5 DEC (2.8m additional DEC)

Current situation: 1.2m DEC (liquid) and 115k DEC x 2 = 230k DEC in SPS:DEC diesel pool.

Note: Stage 2 target will be missed. Probably to reach 5m DEC I'll need to go into 2024, unless SPS recovers fantastically in the remaining months, and I doubt that.

New Land-Related Goal: Cards for Staking on Land Stage 2 Completed

^{The purpose of this goal is to build the amount of high PP cards I need for staking on my tract.}

^{We will need to fill 5 slots per plot with staked cards, without requiring summoners (that doesn't mean they can't be used as regular cards).}

So, what are the details of this goal?

Deadline:

• [COMPLETED] Stage 1: June 2023
• [COMPLETED] Stage 1.5: August/whenever Land 1.5 is launched
• Stage 2: End of 2023? (this will be a new goal)

The total number of maxed-level* cards needed for staking on land: 500 (5 x 100).

• stage 1: need 120 cards for land by the deadline (decreased from 220) COMPLETED
• stretch goal: have optimized cards for 24 plots COMPLETED
• stage 1.5: need 220 cards for land by the deadline COMPLETED
• stage 2: have 500 cards for land
• stretch goal: have optimized cards for 44 plots

(*) any card with at least 1000 PP suitable for the terrain types I own will do (better for better plots); doesn't have to be maxed; temporarily lowered the minimum to 800 PP. Will reduce it further for the initial stages of the gameplay of land.

Current situation total: 144 / 500 (28%), but counted at least 220

Current situation stage 2: 26 / 500

Time remaining until Stage 2 deadline: ?

Comments Made

Original goal: 18k, REDUCED to 17k, by the end of 2023.

I started this week with a total of 16675 comments made.

Ended the week with 16875 comments made, which brings the number of my comments during this week to 200, which is above my needed weekly average. Threads helped, with the Hivefest threadcasts.

I now need an average of 81 comments weekly to reach the goal of 17k.

Weekly Buy - LEO

I continued my weekly 10 HIVE worth of LEO purchases (72 LEO purchased compared to 67+ the week before). I'll keep doing that until I believe I am out of the woods with my LEO Power yearly main goal or until the price of LEO pumps and it doesn't make sense to buy anymore.