By now most of you had probably already heard about the upcoming major change in the reward distribution on the SteemMonsters game. Possibly by September 1st of this year, players would now need to reach a certain "Collection Power" (or simply total card burn rate of ALL your cards except those listed on the market) in order to move up to the next ranked play league and reward tier.
For example, if your 'collection power' is only at ~100,000 then even if you have reached a battle rating of 3700+ (CHAMPION) then you would only get the rewards for Gold III. In short you would be stuck at GOLD III regardless of how high you have increased your Battle Rating because your 'collection power'is only at 100,000.
I'm really having mixed feelings about this because economically speaking this change would greatly benefit the game in the long run since it would bring down A LOT OF BOT ACCOUNTS and thus more DEC rewards for us human players. This would also possibly bring a finally good decent price on the upcoming released reward cards since most of the bots who have been raping the card rewards will be stuck at the lower leagues thus lower card rewards for them.
But I also can't help feel worried that the majority of players (free2play players like me) would just quit the game since honestly speaking it's not kinda worth it playing a good hour or so just to open 1-3 chests and get measly cents. Without the majority free2play players and the bots, it would most likely take some time just to get matched up against an opponent.
If anything else, instead of this change they should have improved the matchmaking algorithm of the game (something like the ELO system). I have seen a lot of comments saying 'this player or that player' doesn't deserve to be in the CHAMPIONS league simply because they have a level 1-3 summoners.
I for one get that sentiment but honestly I think it's not the players fault if in the process of climbing the league they were mostly matched up against players with only level 1-3 summoners/monsters. They should change the matchmaking algorithm and see to it that players on a specific league or tier deserve to be in their. I'm aware that this is most likely what the 'Collection Power' update is for but they should have just made it an added variable to the matchmaking algorithm rather than a variable that limits a players rewards taking away some fun experience.
Keep in mind, the changes are not being implemented to keep players DOWN. Among other things, the changes are to provide players with:
(1) a more competitive League experience that increases the likelihood that you'll be fighting against players of similar investment level
(2) MORE rewards (not less). I don't think people fully understand yet that the rewards are being re-worked and will most likely result in a greater distribution of prizes across the board. Each of the new leaderboards will have new season earnings and prizes to excite players from ALL investment tiers.
The new system is not a punishment by any stretch of the imagination. I'm pretty sure it's going to make everyone very happy when they realize that they don't have to be in the Top 50 of ALL players to earn recognition and cool prizes. Now all they have to do is be one of the Top players for their investment level.
Once we have the new League reward system fully worked out and implemented, I think you'll like it much better than it is now.
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I admit I don't know about this. I thought we will be getting the same rewards we have now like getting 80 LOOT CHESTS for reaching CHAMPION III and 8(?) Loot Chests daily from the daily quests. Good to know that the rewards 'may be' re-worked along with this upcoming change.
Hopefully! It would also be nice if the game add new stuffs in the future other than 'new cards' that would make the game more fun and interesting to play. For the past few months it honestly has become stale. XD
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