I'm also a new player, I started in September and am currently in Silver 3, but I think the recent reward changes actually help new players who are invested in their own long-term growth in Splinterlands. In the short-term, the recent changes look like they kill the rewards for new players and I'm sure a lot of newer players have left because of them, but this is due to a short-term outlook on their investment in this game.
The new reward changes greatly increase the amount of time investment needed to grow an account without any monetary investment, but it will also make profitable botting without monetary investment much more difficult. This will prevent bots from inflating the markets, which would make the assets new players gain worthless over time. Over the long term, these changes will help assets appreciate along with the game's growth and new players will see their account values grow.
I agree with you that renting is the best option for new players but I disagree that such a large amount of DEC is needed to get into silver. I have purchased some cards and have received some rewards so I own about 4,500 power in cards, but I'm only spending 26.441 DEC/day to rent the rest of the power needed for silver. This is a fairly small amount of DEC and I'm able to easily make this back in a few matches each day.
Because you have received some rewards and purchased some cards.
I havent received any reasonable card and good cards with high power cost more than my house monthly rent🤣🤣
I'm able to maintain the rating required for silver 3 with the starter deck, I only rent the power required to stay in the league. You don't need overpowered, expensive cards to stay in silver where most players are using level 1 cards. You only need to understand some basic strategies so you can counter your opponent.
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The rental system .
Trying using a new account and see if you can rent upto 5000 DEC and make any profit back in one day
This is exactly my point, you're thinking too short-term about this investment. Like I said, the time investment is much greater for new players after these changes but over the long term, if a new player sticks with this game, their rewards will appreciate with the growth of the game. I hope these reward changes haven't steered you away from this game, I think there's a real opportunity here if you're willing to stick it out for a few years.
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Am not planning on leaving, but the fear of using up all my DEC for renting without getting back any profit is hunting me.
I have reached the silver2 level but too bad for me i dont have enogh DEC to rent , even if i was to use the one i have , the rewards woudnt cover my expenses even a little bit .. am down -$50 and am loosing more tonight🤣
I'd suggest only renting the power required for silver 3 and see if there are any expensive cards that you are currently renting that you can live without. It sounds like your rental costs are high so I'd focus on reducing those costs without sacrificing the silver league rewards. With a little work on cost reduction I think you'll be able to start turning a profit.
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Do you have any card in mind for example because all the low price cards are usually 1000 or 1500 power and around 13-100DEC so i have to rwnt like seven of those oto rank upto silver 3