Splinterlands: Playing In A Guild Is Far More Rewarding
It's been over a week since I was invited by cmplxty to join the splinterlands' guild soul reapers and I must say, it's been a rather revealing and informative experience.
On my first full day of joining, I missed the opportunity to join the fray the moment I was invited, but the reason was that I didn't want to go in blind. Although the 48 hours brawling period was enough for me to learn while brawling on the go, until even an hour to the end of the fray.
My deck strength has always been my problem. I know that the players who have money in the game with luxury and dominant assets will have no problem tearing me apart or blowing me away.
The Fear Of Being Under- competitive
This was the problem, I hate losing to someone with more skin in the game (pun intended), this was the original motivation behind the slow but steady growth of my deck.
I want to be able to express my strategy by having enough assets to do my bidding, and to do so, money is the only way.
However, facing other players through the Guild might expose how weak my deck is and begin to give me the inferiority complex. However, I decided to damn the consequences and join. @joetunex did push me a lot, if not for him, I don't think I'll ever decide to join.
First of all, I didn't know how it worked, unlike ranked battles, I schedule my time and play at my own pace, but after the mini-tutorials I got from him, I decided to jump right in.
I was initially overwhelmed, I didn't want to bother my guild members, they seemed like busy people, but I found the tavern to be a useful place for interaction.
After missing the first fray, four days later, I was good enough to join the second fray, and I had to choose a fray in which I could compete.
The flexibility of the guild system was everything I needed.
I had recently started micro-sourcing and needed time to get in some income and I really didn't need an extra time-consuming venture, but it's been totally different, and it's been everything I want.
The soul reaper's Guild has been a fun place with nice players.
I was really bothered about compulsory DEC donations, but I noticed the donation here are voluntary, and due to this I wasted no time to show my appreciation to the guys for doing a great job with improving the guild.
A Gladius Pack Finally!
The most interesting part was that *I finally got to buy a gladius pack I've been accumulating a lot of merit rewards through my ranked battles and just leaving them there without making any good use of them didn't feel good.
So I accumulated 2000 merit rewards and the first thing I did was to go to the marketplace to purchase me a nice gladius pack.
Those little jerks have been the reason why I've lost battles I could have won in the past, and even if I didn't really have any gems or stones to increase my chances at gold foil and legendary cards, I still decided to open them anyway, and I got these little suckers.
Not so much to be excited about as they were majorly common cards and only one rare, but it felt good to put my merits to good use. I think this is only the beginning. I aim to continue buying them.
My guild is constantly improving, I don't aim to give internal stats of everything. I'm hoping someday I can be able to buy those gemstones that will increase my chances at gold foil or even legendary cards.
So far, I haven't done outrageously bad in my fray battles as I thought I would, in fact, I've been loving the first-time experience of playing.
The Fray Works In A Flexible Way
The advantages and disadvantages of home and away games. I think there's a lot more to learn. I mistakenly fled or surrendered one of my fray games, because I thought I could leave, then change my tactics and enter the fray again, but I was wrong.
Some of my losses have come as a result of not having adequate experience. I mean, newbie mistakes and I hope to correct them. Now I'm just hoping to help my guild as much as I can, so we call all win collectively and I think I've started on a very positive note.
12k Collection Power Feels Good
The fray hasn't ended, I have one pending battle and I wish I can win that very soon before the fray comes to an end. I'll make another post about the end of the fray, what the rewards look like, and what I intend to change or do going into the next fray.
PS: Thanks @cmplxty, for the gold foil dragon card you've delegated to me. The 12k collection Power is immense, I'd like to see if I can experiment with it and play in Gold league one modern format.
At one point, I might consider throwing this one into the game to give my opponent a heart attack. Splinterlands is about gut, courage, money, strategy, and intimidation, so once in a while, I hope to throw this into my silver league opponents, to intimate the hell out of them.
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I really feel intimidated trying these games. But something in me tells me i can do it. Just the courage and motivation to take that first step. I remember i activated my splinterlands with $10, but have not done anything since. Where do I start from?
You'll need to learn how the strategies work. You can use splinterlands.io and splinterlands.com click on the "how to play" learn some strategies. It is majorly card game, these cards are how you can compete, I think the 10$ you pay will grant you access to the system cards. You can use these cards to play. But mind you, you'll need to buy your own cards to compete and win rewards. You will go up in the leagues, the More cards and collection Power you own. Basically, playing is the fastest way to learn. You actually learn from losing and winning and reading
Thanks for the headsup. I will be giving it a try and reaching out to experienced gamers like you for further assistance. I beleive its not rocket science.
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If you've got some small funds to throw in, you can reach me on WhatsApp and I'll give you more info via voice call, because that's going to be more explanatory
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That would be a lot appreciated. Here is my discord ID so I can send in my phone number through there.
focusnow#1571
Thanks to my guild, I earn six Gladius packs worth of merits per season by participating in brawls.
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That is stunning, 6 gladius pack, that's like 40k merits, my goodness wowww. Good guild there
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Lol, it looks like you are already having fun with your Guild.
I look forward to your Guild performance post.
A lot of fun awaits you! 😀
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I haven't done really badly, although I have lost guild games I shouldn't haves, overall it's a decent start for me.
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Congratulations on buying gladius packs. It will definitely help you in the push toward getting more collection power. I don't think the battles are that much different besides the extra limitations depending on the fray you enter.
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Yeah, I think the fray is actually the only limiting factor so far. Before I joined the Guild, I thought having tbe gladius cards are the only way to compete. Thanks a lot, I also don't know they contribute to one's collection Power as well.
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Soulreapers is a great guild. I was a member until I stopped playing splinterlands.
You will get a lot of support from them and cmplxty and reaverza are super generous.
Joining the brawl is totally worth it, because you’ll get a steady extra stream of income and you’ll strengthen your deck tremendously!
Get those gladiators, because they make all the difference. Even some of the common ones are very powerful
Oh thanks a lot, cmplxty invited me and he seemed like someone who wants to build a great and really Competitive guild, I like it there. Thanks a lot, I'll aim to accumulate more gladius cards, especially now that they can be used in ranked battles, thanks for this valuable info.
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Congrats on your first Gladius cards. Isgald Vorst is powerful!
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Wow, I really don't know about it before now. I'm lucky then
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Wait for Quora Towershead. I think she's more powerful than Kron the Undying. 😄
But they're legendary, and without having those gemstones it might be difficult to get epic or legendary. It's difficult to play gladius cards especially in ranked battles, those guys are stubborn to beat.
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Yes, there is a small chance of getting her. I got my gold level 2 Quora after a few months in Brawl though the tribe doesn't have gem stones yet.
At first, it was really hard to win over Gladius cards. But as weeks pass by, your deck will be stronger as you collect more Gladiators.
I hope so too hahaha, I suffered massive loss during the last fray.
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I was also discouraged at first, but perseverance pays. 😅
Congratulations on your gladius pack, gladius are very powerful and useful in the game, you will like it more when you are able to upgrade them.
I hope I can be able to upgrade them, I haven't used any thus far, I'm hoping to own more
Lol this was me about a week ago too, nice to see you’re liking it
Hahaha well, I didn't know you're just getting to join a Guild
Great to hear you have a guild and are enjoying frays. That is great to get a nice Gladius Pack.
Yeah, I'm getting to actually like the guild, I felt it was too complicated to join, hence I didn't do that all these while.
Nice to see you’ve finally decided to join a guild. Not sure I understand what goes on in a guild much, but I understand it as kind of a team. Man @cmplxty is such a cool dude. I’m glad you’re in a guild together. I have no doubt you guys will do amazing things together.