New Expansion? Really? If ive learned anything from CL is that I won’t be buying any of those cards or any more cards for that matter. Why would you do this? It’s over saturated and will further yank the rest of the value of CL even more. This is play-to-lose model. There is no reason to buy a pack of cards when the value is less than what the pack is bought for and will lose value until the expansion is sold out. Risking never selling out because there will always be a new expansion to further depreciating. And at this point there is almost no reason to buy older cards. Anyone new coming into this game since CL has no reason to buy cards and has only seen their investments depreciate. The depreciation is worse than the earnings from playing. Profits from renting seem to be less than the depreciation of the cards. How about fixing economy before ANY talk of new expansion or lore because nobody will care if this play to lose mode continues.
I’m only bitching because I love the game and don’t want tosell.
Every set when actively being sold on the official Splinterlands market was like that. Its unrealistic to expect ROI from every pack purchased. They are equal to lotto tickets, you are purchasing for the chance to hit the GFL jackpot. Historically the cards inside packs give an ROI after each set is sold out (not gntd.). Of course new sets will be introduced, if not how will the game expand/offer affordable cards to the public?
I guess my point wasn't clear. If you buy a pack of cards and the prices of the cards you get, is constantly diminishing due to inflation, why would I buy packs? The cards are so cheap on the market that it makes buying packs a gamble with increasingly worse odds when it's just cheaper to get what you want off the market? Market needs correction as it's running saturated, so why introduce another expansion further diluting the supply when we are saturated? This is a play to lose model for anyone new coming in. I understand that there are big things coming and this might bounce back, but this is not enticing for new comers.
Your point was clear, my reply remains the same. Packs have always been lotto tickets where a person can potentially win a GFL or GFE or GF Summoner for the price of the pack itself. Its the chance of hitting those cards for $4* that is the appeal. That is why players purchase them knowing most times they will have negative ROI at the time of purchase. Buying directly from market or private sale has always been the smarter play and likely always will be and that is likely how it always should be if we want to sustain a healthy player driven resale market.
Okay, true, but this perspective will diminish as cards keep losing value. And right at the point when you think markets stabilize, boom, new expansion. Further dilution. This ultimately, will deter not only new users but us die hard sad well.
Don’t get me wrong ,I am optimistic, but how may out there would go through the onboarding to see such inflation and decide this is for them.
It’s like they are lowering card vale to pump SPS with the new expansion. Maybe this is a smart tactic, maybe I’m too stoned.
I would like to see the next expansion drop after land is well stablished.