Indeed, the new changes have been welcome and resulted in a nice haul of chests at the end of the day. I did notice something different the next time I played though. There seemed to be a much larger "wall" to qualify for that first chest (maybe it was always there and I hadn't noticed it). I had to stop playing after awhile as I couild never advance to qualify for even one chest. It could be that the competition was much tougher, but it felt like something had been changed which increased the initial barrier when going for that first chest. Just wondering if anybody else saw that.
RE: The new Splinterlands season reward system is simply awesome!