New Ranked Reward System

The complete explanation are posted by official splinterlands post Town Hall ,simply click that link and read the post, or I will explain some important points here :

-The overhaul of Ranked reward is scheduled to go live April 2nd;
-We will earn reward points called Glint to be used in the new reward shop, so we will not directly get the chest like the current system
-We can use Glint the reward shop, with the option will include: reward cards, potions, energy, merits, and limited edition titles
-We can save our Glint from many seasons to make a large purchase (there is myth among players if we spam open many chest, there is higher chance to get the big prize)
-Gladiator cards will be able to be burned for merits
-Focus system with removed and there is a plan to create something more robust in the future

The team also says that there will be a post that will come out before April 2nd with more details about the changes

How it Will Affect The Game

With the changes implemented, there must be impact that will occurs to the game, in my perspective, this would have some impact to the game :
-The reward cards will circulated more since we can to redeem them rather than curent random system. This will give the chance for new players to chase up and blend in the game by having those souldbound cards that are not rentable;
-The sps reward might reduce if old players that don't need more cards and try grab sps are not balanced by new sps pool;
-More and more benefit for high tier players ? If there is no different for each league such as the chest system, then we could easily said that those high tier players will get much more Glint to be changed for the reward that they want.

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