This week's Splinterlands Community Engagement Challenge is about the new ranked mode, hence the event's title: Welcome to the Frontier. The idea here is to share the news about the new Frontier format with the rest of the community. So, we'll start by discussing one of the main topics: the Frontier rewards distributed in daily missions; some insights; and finally, some tips on tanks that have proven to be very strong among the Foundation card options.
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New Frontier Mode Rewards
This Frontier mode brings something the community has been requesting for a while: a mission system with some kind of reward. In this case, the daily mission that has been implemented requires players who achieve 5 wins in a day to receive a Foundation card. Interestingly, looking at the game's marketplace, these cards are already available for purchase and sale. I thought that, like in other modes, these cards would be Soulbound, but it looks like you can trade the cards from this set.
Many are already sharing their rewards in X, but what do you think of the cards being freely tradeable in the marketplace? Leave your opinion below! I wonder if this could create a problem in the future... But at the same time, I think it's interesting for newcomers to have this issue of ownership and the ability to trade, sell, or buy another card they like.
Insights on the New Frontier Mode
This new mode, now with the defined name Frontier, is quite difficult in my opinion. Especially at the beginning, because there are so many new cards, new combos, no one knows the meta, and there's the issue of everything being the same. Now, all players basically bring the same cards to combat, so there's no such thing as having a much stronger card than your opponent.
Earning the 5 daily wins isn't an easy task for those who don't have much time; it takes at least 30 minutes. The difference from other modes is that since no one knows exactly the best combinations, you'll need to dedicate your time and pay close attention to your card selection. This 30-minute timeframe comes from a total of at least 10 matches, with each one taking an average of 3 minutes, as you'll have to wait for the match, analyze the situation, choose your team, wait for your opponent, check the result, and move on to the next one.
Best Tanks in the Foundations Collection!
The basis of every team composition in Splinterlands is choosing a good tank. As you discover the best combinations and the Frontier meta, it's important to know at least which tanks are best so you can choose at least one card in your lineup. Starting with the Death element, we have a card, NIM GUARD CAPTAIN, which I even used against one of my teams in another match, and it made me see it differently.
This tank has a good amount of speed and shielding for Frontier standards, and its highlight is its Void ability, which is very effective, since most mages only have 1 magic damage. This makes it effective against melees with 3 shields and against mages with Void.
Another tank that I consider to be a cut above the rest is the Dread Tafarian. He's an earth-elemental card and the only tank card so far with the Heal ability. Since Foundations units have attacks that deal 1 to 2 damage, he can heal 2 HP with his heal, which is very powerful! Furthermore, DREAD TAFARIAN has an interesting kit as a tank: 6 health, 1 shield, 1 attack, and 2 speed, overall average stats.
