For the past few weeks, I have been buying Summoners off the 'used' market. When I say 'Summoners' I mean the affordable types, that is the Rare Chaos Legion ones.
Let me say that for the moment I plough any DEC rewards I get back into Splinterlands in the form of more NFT's. I trust this project as it's mature and possibly one of the oldest blockchain games in existence.
Why Summoners? There are several reasons.
Historically there has always been a demand. If you desire to get ahead and get out of that Bronze league that's dominated by excellent (and annoying) honed BOT's then you need the edge.
A Level 2 Summoner will allow you to command higher-level monsters and that's what you will need to kick the arses of these annoying automated 'players'.
Even with your edge, you may struggle to get out of Bronze, such is the proficiency of these robot players who use the mana restrictions and limited cards they have using pre-defined structured tactics to get their win.
I rent out several sets of Level 2 Summoners; they are cheap for new players to use make use of and go some ways to remove the tedium of being systematically thrashed over and over again.
Someone mentioned in Discord that the new player experience is not fun. I have to agree, but there are cheap ways around it. Don't take this shit, rent some cheap summoners and buy the monsters.., they are cheap enough for now.
If you think I get off on renting my Summoners at less than a double-digit ROA then you are mistaken.
Life for renters has been one of diminishing returns for some time but Summoners are in more demand the higher they are levelled.
Their price comes at a cost, one that some players are unwilling to pay in terms of ownership.
As we look at higher level Summoners then we can see the ROA of rent is better. General Sloan is the cheapest of the Chaos Legion ones and arguably has the worst stats.
My relentless buying of Summoners however has another purpose and that is due to the forthcoming Land expansion.
As I had been suspecting all along, I noted with interest this little titbit of information from the latest Splinterlands AMA.
Each PLOT is going to require a Summoner to control that piece of land. If you own any PLOT are you going to want a Level 1 Summoner to do the business or one that is higher level?
When Land is released sometime later this year the players will still be playing and using their current Summoners.
They will then be faced with the little problem of their PLOT requiring extra Summoners. They are not going to materialise out of thin air and as I see it there will be a lot of buying pressure for them thus raising their price.
I currently own 45 PLOT and I know these will be varied types of land once the reveal has taken place.
As there are SIX splinters, let’s say that I get 7 or 8 of each type of land.
Let us take Fire as an example and make the assumption that a volcano-type land requires a Fire summoner to control it and its working minions.
I would need 7 or 8 decent levelled Tarsa’s to start the land working for me and producing the materials I want.
If I wanted max level Tarsa’s, then that would be 115 BCX * 7, a total of 805 BCX. The cheapest Tarsa is around $3.40 and they quickly move up to $3.80.
Assuming the median price to be $4, I can see it’s going to cost me around $3220 to get the Summoner workers I need.
… and that's just to optimise 7 PLOT with mid-priced Summoners.
I never said Splinterlands was a cheap game and with the introduction of Land it's going to be much worse!
If you are one of those lucky people who bought a TRACT or even a REGION in the pre-sale then hats off to you.
At the current Summoner prices, to optimise your TRACT with maximum level Tarsa's (an example), you will need 11500 BCX at $4 each.
It’s only about $46,000 so don’t worry so much, a slight dent in the wallet. REGION owners will need slightly bigger wallets at 10x this price, that’s almost half a million dollars.
… and this is at CURRENT prices. Do you think Tarsa will remain at $4?
For most players owning PLOT is not on the cards. Many players who entered the game late now need to dish out over $400 for a single piece of land.
Is it going to be worth it? Who knows.., but I think so. If I didn’t then I wouldn’t own my 45 PLOT.
So for now I will keep acquiring Summoners and so should you. One day in the none too distant future there is going to be a huge surge.
You can thank me then for telling you now ('and I should keep this valuable information to myself and shut the fuck up').
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