RE: Thoughts on the Latest SPS Governance Proposal
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I'm not opposed to this new change if leagues below diamond had anything to fight for. But its birdseed at the bottom now that you're making people jump through hoops for. If you're saying there's not enough cards to get for everyone to have a level three card, why are you trying to push everyone to champion? Make gold and silver the bread and butter. Get outside endorsements for diamond and champion level players to sweeten the pot up there but put the bulk of the rewards in silver and gold and push players up there. THEN enact this so people actually have real incentive to combine to level 3 or 4 and we get scarcity.
Champion players will never be how you get all these cards combined. They will never be the way to absorb 75 million cards. It's going to be the players in the middle. Build up your middle class by making it rewarding to be in the middle class. The 1% will be 1% regardless. Yes reward them but someone who is driven to be champion level will be there regardless of the incentive you give them to a large degree.
FInally, I understand why you want to perfect the rewards system before you work on the new player experience but the reward system is a big part of the new player experience. The reward system should be built to reward new players. It should take them by the hand and show them that while this is profitable and fun, moving up just a little bit (which takes time) is even more profitable and fun. Once you hit gold, there is really no need to heavily incentivize people further. If a lot of people make it to gold and silver with the appropriote cards, the system worked. Those ultra competiive deep pocket people who really want to get to the top because they want to play at the highest levels will do so even if the rewards aren't SO much higher. Especailly as esports becomes bigger for Splinterlands.
Gold should be the end of the journey for middle class players. Diamond is the proving grounds for the ultra motivated who eventually want to make a name for themselves at the highest levles but need experience with the cards. Champ is Esports and endorsements.
Good thoughts here! I don't agree with all of them but I like the passion behind them.
Build up the middle class?!? You mean a handful of billionaires shouldn't control the vast majority of the wealth?!? What are you, some sort of godless communist/socialist/Antifa hybrid sent here to destroy the USA?
These are some very good ideas. Going back to my Civilization days...you can build your empire tall or wide. I think if the ultimate goal is to have as many human players as possible then building wide should definitely be a big part of the plan, and to do that you need to incentivize the "middle class" as you so aptly describe it. I like your idea of the Champions League getting rewarded from outside sources. Of course, those sources need to be found and developed. Easier said than done. But if this truly is a game for the long haul, then that should already be a part of the thinking.
In the meantime, on the face of it, this proposal does seem like it will incentivize people to combine cards. How much? Who knows. But as @yabatmatt said, even combining to Level 2 or 3 could make a huge difference on both the rental market and the regular market. Hopefully the law of unintended consequences doesn't rear it's ugly head and cause any major problems.
As a final thought, do you think making cards rent for a 1 DEC minimum would do anything to get people/bots to buy more cards rather than rent? Just wondering...