This time I ended up taking a little longer than usual to make the EOS rewards post for Splinterlands, but here we are... Interestingly, the last season, I don't know if the reason was because it was combined with part of the rewards from the previous season, but the amount of Glint seems to have increased.
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Increase in Glint?
This is a detail I'd like to understand the reason for, because even with the constant improvements to the reward cards, it wouldn't justify the large increase in the amount of glint. I wonder if something happened to the number of players perhaps. Previously, it was possible to analyze the player count data on Peakmonsters, but currently only the data for the last month appears, while the data for 3 months and 6 months shows "Loading Splinterlands Dashboard" without a response. I don't know if it's some kind of bug, but it would be interesting to have access to this information...
As many users responsible for decision-making should know, access to information is fundamental to making the most correct decision possible. I believe that knowing the number of players over the years is one of the important variables for everyone who plays the game to know, because it influences several aspects of the ecosystem. The first is liquidity; the more players, the greater the liquidity in the game's assets, since more players will be buying and selling cards and other assets on the market.
In addition, game mechanics are also affected by the number of players, such as queue times, since it is necessary to match players of similar skill levels. The fewer players, the longer it will take to find a match, and the worse the matchmaking may be, since there isn't a large pool of players. Adding bots is a way to initially solve this, but in a game, fun is a fundamental factor, and I believe that players shouldn't want to be fighting against bots.
EOS Rewards
First of all, go to the store to see the new items. As I mentioned in a previous post, the new item this month is the Eggstravaganza event, which added some "Pastel" skins, with the Ulundin Overseer skin already guaranteed. I believe there has been a change to the Loot chests, with the possibility of winning something related to the event since their appearance has been altered to an Easter theme. But before getting into the new items, let's first secure the Merits from the first batch. In this Batch 1, the cost-benefit ratio is the best possible: 200 glint for 200 merits. Therefore, 10 x 200 = 2000 merits added.
Now, taking advantage of the event, I'm going to do a test with 100 Minor Chests, opening them 20 at a time. If there are any interesting items, I'll report them here. The first opening yielded 2 rare cards, 6 common cards, and 1 common scroll. The second opening was a little better in terms of cards, with 3 rare cards and 7 common cards, but no scrolls. The third opening was the best so far, with 3 rare cards, 1 common scroll, and 9 common cards.
Finally, I'm going to open the remaining 40... And I got a different card that I hadn't seen before. The card is called Shadowcomb Duskrose, a dual element fire and death card, costing 8 mana. The rest was even worse with only 4 rares and 10 commons. I checked and this Shadowcomb card is an Extra, meaning it's rarer than the reward cards, but its estimated price is only $0.08. Due to its high mana cost and lack of truly impactful abilities, it probably isn't a very commonly used card, hence its reduced price. One positive aspect is that the Charge ability allows her to attack from anywhere, and in battles with rules that only allow melee attacks, this can be very useful.
