After seeing the new version(soulbound) and hearing what the Splinterlands team had to say about it in the last town all, I have to say I'm more favorable to the outcome of implementing this new DEC-B.
I'm however still not convinced this required a new token since they were able to apply a seasonal discount on packs and various other optional discounts in the past, without the need of any new token to be involved into it.
That said, as an active player, I do appreciate a 20% discount on future land and other sink option in the game and since the "soulbound" part have been clarified, this remove a bit of the market manipulation/margin trading that could have been abused if it would have been openly tradable.
As for it's impact on DEC/Voucher price for the short term, I'm definitely not sure this would have any benefit right away but at least from what Matt confirmed to us on the last town hall, they are working to implement the lands and with it, future potential sink for DEC as well as the Card staking (which will force people to merge more cards to gain better bonus from staking them at higher levels etc.) on top of the SPS player staking that have been confirmed to be on the top list of the priority. All of the above really reassure me that we're going on the right direction in terms of helping the value of our tokens and therefore minimize the impact I taught DEC-B could have on the long run in inflating DEC volume and be bad on it's price.
I'll potentially change my vote to yes as I currently think my initial reaction to it might have been amplified by the current bear market and FUD feeling that have been present in the current market sentiment and despair that kinda make us all react more negatively as we see our asset losing value every single day.
I do think we all need to step back a bit and appreciate the splinterlands team effort to improve our game as much as they can and as hard as it is in these dark bear market time, accept that price will keep going down until the next bull run and that until then, we need to focus on energy on what works and the potential future of the game to avoid the easy path of embracing the FUD.
To the splinterlands team : Sorry if my initial reaction might have sound harsh as I thought this idea was initially coming from the team and I really still think the focus must be kept on the pipeline, which you all confirmed it was on the last town hall which made me realize I was fast to judge base solely on front value of said original proposal.
Cheers!