Hi all and thanks to everyone who keeps reading my posts, you are appreciated and GG's. 

Last night I started my daily grind to see if I can get my level up to improve my daily rewards and everything was right in the world. After I came back from the office today, I just had to check in and was looking forward to building on some minor gains from yesterday....This beautiful little change to the UI below caught my eye and I was happy that they are investing time and resources into the game (that leads to longevity and a better experience). This positivity unfortunately gave way to a problem I see developing if they implement 

This is a little bit of a problem and it is summed up in this pic..I'm being relegated from Champ to Chump quite unexpectedly

I will admit that I have not been active in the discord etc. seeing as I have resumed my job full time and have been doing chaos control, therefore time has been a little short. As some people that have read my articles would know, I have written about selling and burning cards to keep your level low. This was to keep your matched opponents at a manageable level, especially when you start playing. With the pic above you will see one major change and I do not know how they are going to implement this, but the power level is worrying. I have been building the collection over months, made a little profit but it has been put back into cards, yet I do not have the required 40,000 power level to even move up. 

My initial instinct is unfortunately worry and whilst I understand the need to make money, if they did not then the game would end and we do not want that. But the 40, 000 means that the last time I hit Champion would be done and the last for a long time/if ever again. I made it there by lots of luck and I hardly have the power level to stay where I am. 

They compared Splinterlands to MTG, this is somewhat correct, unfortunately Splinterlands does have a long way to go before they get the OG credit of MTG (I started playing in the 90's). I do enjoy Splinterlands and I am also in favour of them increasing their revenue stream but now the maths will have to change

My initial - $40

Current max value - $47

Power level - 37350

Just building on that, let see how it ends up just for Silver 1 = of 70, 000

That means that I roughly have 53% rounded down of the required power level...OMG is sad..I thought I was a big boy

That means that if I add 47% of the $47 current value

OMG...really sad...This means that I need to up the ante to at least $69, right now (yes there are variables but this will be close enough for now)

Here is my new daily rewards vs my last one received

Vs...

Here is the AMA, AMA - New Update, they do mention that they will play with the power levels and daily distributions, but I feel that they are raising the power level waaaay too much for players that only just began playing or are interested in the game. I hope they get this sorted and get it in favour of them making money and the game being accessible to more initial players.

I do wish them the best of luck, I will still be playing, I still love the game, but still worried

GG's

OMG - Old Man Gamer