Splinterlands: The Gold League Continues To Be Elusive.
It's the Splinterlands' end of the season and one which I struggled to finish in silver one. I finished with 17 Gold chests two seasons ago.
At the end of the just concluded season, I finished with 39 silver chests. I could have earned more on the last day, but I didn't want to lose the silver one spot I already secured, because of the fear of being dropped to bronze 1.
Silver chests are hollow, I missed earning gold chests, but the inability to get into gold was the main reason why I stopped earning gold chests. But it was a good season, not in terms of the reward.
I got 16k SPS delegation from @burlarj and @aftersound. It did help me with earning these silver chests, it could have been worse, massive appreciation guys.
In the aspect of the rewards, they weren't as good as I expected them to be. I'd have given anything to actually get a CL pack, or even some decent chunk of SPS, or maybe some summoners to keep growing my rack, but the only decent reward was one legendary, potions, and many other common cards. It's not the first time.
However, in my previous season, the reward was good, I did expect a reduction in the value of the reward, but I didn't know it would be this, but that's the excitement of playing the game isn't it?
You can't help but marvel at how stiffening the competition has been. I used to qualify to play in the diamond leagues, but I can't even get into gold anymore.
Of course, it's true that I need a chunk of reinforcement, and investment to help me strengthen in the place that matters, but these days, it's become a psychological thing: you head into games expecting to lose, irrespective of how you played to the ruleset, or how well you've developed a well-crafted strategy.
It was a season where players with good decks were complaining about playing superior lineups. One which they haven't seen or known. Humans are wiser than the bots.
Talking about bots
....It's rumored that battle helpers are still in the modern format of the game, and some of the services have not been completely obliterated. (I'd give anything to play against a bot at this stage) However, I don't know how true this is.
Playing Splinterlands exposes you to the best of the best. Is it the money, the finesse, or the class?
Certain lineups give you the chill
Certain summoners scare you to death and from the beginning of the game, you'd already know you'd lose. It was such a season.
Maybe I should have expected too much from a silver chest. I earn gold chests before the latest changes on Splinterlands, and it's surreal to see a chest to empty without any substance.
It's a motivation to start playing in the gold leagues again
However, it'll take more than this. There's just no escaping the rampage or onslaught out there, just into the new season.
I tried as much as possible to escape losing, and I went on a 13-game losing streak, no matter how careful I tried to be. The rewards in modern are as juicy as ever, and I'm playing in modern by default because of how difficult it was to play in the wild format.
However, I'll be looking forward, to going back to the drawing board and trying to figure out a solution to continue playing in modern.
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Yeah, players are still using Battle Helper in Modern format, I guess until Splinterlands update their T0s that no bots are allowed that would make the service provider stop rendering it.
Happy New Month man and you are welcome for the sps delegation, Let's see how far you can go in this season😃
Wow, I thought the services were completely obliterated. Let's see how it goes, I still think human players are dominating, so it might not meant much.
😂😂😂 Thanks, happy new month to you as well. We go again this season, let's see how it goes.
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For the last consecutive two seasons I have failed to stay in the Gold league, I would advance and get kicked out. I am going back to my old strategy of playing in both formats. Hopefully, I should finish in the Gold league at the end of the season in either of the formats.
The fights have been tougher and you are right some summoners are just unbeatable with my deck, all I do is wish I have the money to throw in the game.
The fun, the struggles, and the nerves continue with this exciting game season in season out.
Hahaha, Maybe I'll just try out your strategy, but I'm already in bronze in the wild format and I don't know if I'll ever leave there. But I'll just sacrifice 5 to 10 of my ECR to see how far I can go. I should have started there though before I started getting beat this season again.
I haven't even be able to stay in gold in like two seasons. Some summoners and lineups are just unbelievably good.
Hahaha, Maybe I'll just try out your strategy, but I'm already in bronze in the wild format and I don't know if I'll ever leave there. But I'll just sacrifice 5 to 10 of my ECR to see how far I can go. I should have started there though before I started getting beat this season again.
I haven't even be able to stay in gold in like two seasons. Some summoners and lineups are just unbelievably good.
Lol it was a strategy that worked for me, I don't know why I abandoned it, I shared it with Olivier and he adopted it, he finished in gold and I didn't 😃
I am in bronze as well and I have started progressing. It is my target to get into the gold league this season if provided no other engagements distract me.
The gold league is very tough right now for sure, some of the key monsters are very expensive too. Perhaps renting them could be an option though? The SPS staking requirements for gold are at least 58k SPS too to earn decent chests too I think. Good luck with the new season, it is great to follow your progress and hope you get those coveted CL packs this time.
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You're right, the gold league is almost impossible to compete in, I was there in the beginning, when the new SL rules kicked in and I just can't believe how expense some of these accounts build their decks for.
I'm far away from 58k, and I think I'll target this when the market comes good. For now, I'm hoping I can get more soulbound summoners and get some decent CL packs and avoid too much losses.
Thanks for the feature and curation too.
I found Modern too tough after a week. Finishing in Silver is very good already in my opinion with mostly human battlers, the competition is very stiff. It's good to see so much enthusiasm in the game.
I think I'll try to start playing in modern again, it's just too tough playing. I cannot even get 3 straight win without losing. Although the SPS in modern is better, but it's not sustainable anymore since my ECR is now at stake.
Though I have not been playing the game due to my busy schedule but I believe the bots might be reducing the excitement of the game
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I love it when I see posts about Splinterlands but I heard I cannot begin to play with as low as $50 so I felt discouraged
Is that true?
Nowadays you need more than that to actually play splinterlands. You need hundreds of dollars to build a deck
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The season 117 was tough on my side too. I managed to secure a good position in Gold before the finale because I have been playing in both formats for the past fifteen days.
I alternated my battles from one format to the next format considering how tough was battling in the arena.
The artificial intelligence implication in the game strategies will be difficult to eliminate. I hope that your current season will be even more successful.
Peace
Joetunex told me about how you've been playing in both of the format. I think I should try that too. 117 chest is an amazing number. I don't know how you manage to do that while maintaining a good ECR. Congratulations on the chest and staying up in gold in wild. I think I'll go back to playing in wild as well.
The number 117 is just the past season number. I got only 38 chests this past season.
I hope the 118th season will bring a lot of chests.
Peace
I have heard that there are still people using battle helpers. I don't use it but it looks like most of them won't stop until the ToS is updated. They just don't think that it is worth it because most of the services just won't shut down. I hope that they d change the ToS soon so my win rate can go back up.
I don't know if the battle helpers are the reasons why I'm taking so much beating, but it's crazy why they're still allowing them to operate though. I don't think they should. Who knows, maybe splinterlands might just decided to leave the TOS that way. I'll certainly be going back to wild.