Exactly! It's made me lose a lot of interest, to be honest. How can they say they want to attract new players to the game? What they really mean is that they want to attract money to the game. Whilst I understand that they don't want whales buying up all the packs, they need to be a lot more equitable in giving new players a chance to buy the packs too, otherwise, we are held to ransom by those already in the game and left to buy the cards they don't want at prices they determine or rent cards ...not ideal. It would not be difficult for them to put a code on every Splinterland account that allows them to purchase their first 5-10 packs without the need for a special voucher based on SPS stake. Thereafter if they want to have an SPS based stake system to limit whales from buying too much, that at least does not act as a barrier to new entrants.
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Lol that's the thing though! I started the game and I WANTED to put money into it to get a decent launchpad, but I didn't! After not finding any packs, reading up on the newest set, I put my wallet away. It just doesn't make sense for a new player like me to buy in this late in the game. I like your idea of allocating a minimum number of packs to new players, that would very much encourage new players AND new money. But what they have going on right now just doesn't. I enjoy the game so I'll wait and see. I hope splinterlands takes some of these messages to heart.
Absolutely agree with you both. I was considering purchasing SPS as a new player to stake, as I really enjoy the game. But SPS is already double the price of what others have bought for, which means if rewards are allocated based on SPS staking amount, those who bought in early are already so far ahead there is no way to close this gap.
I enjoy the game, I want to purchase these packs to get new cards so I can progress. I've been playing for a month and am still under 800 power level so I can't even progress to bronze level 2. There are very limited opportunities to increase my own position that don't involve spending thousands and thousands for a slight chance to increase. This is a very demoralising situation after thinking I could really enjoy and benefit from this pre-sale of the packs