After waiting THREE and a HALF years, the time is almost upon on for Land. Is everyone celebrating and can't keep themselves contained for Tuesday 14th November?
It depends. As @revisesociology mentioned to me, Land is a rich man's game and I have to agree. I personally know several real-life friends who own just a handful of PLOT. They all bought in during the hype times and are feeling a little disgruntled about Splinterlands today.
For the last few days, I have been tinkering with the much-improved experience on the Mavs server and have loved it. It's like playing a Simulator Management game, only with real 'magic money'.
That's not a derogatory name for crypto, it's magic to me in the sense that just like our beloved banks, more is generated daily but some comes into our own pockets unlike that prehistoric constitution we are forced to accept in the fiat world.
...'Peakmonster has a great filter, so you can see those great PP cards right at the top, start kicking off the renters, and get the prepared for some hard work'...
If you have ANY Land, then start preparing now. Cancel the rent if you are a renter if you are using a service such as the excellent @splinterrents, temporarily $deactivate your account.
If you don't, then those delicious Gold Foil Legendary cards you were setting aside with 10,000 Production Points each may just be snapped up by a desperate renter five minutes before the live time.
…'can you imagine how fucking annoying that would be?'…
I suppose I have the advantage of being able to tinker with the 'game engine' before release and apart from one glitch, and a few refresh screen bugs it's looking fantastic and draws you in like a 'real game'.
If you didn’t pre-buy any Grain (like me), then you will need some DEC to get going. Time Crystals are an absolute necessity unless you want to wait days, weeks, or even months to clear even a basic plot.
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Didn’t get any in the past? There is a way, although I don’t know where @sylar and the XBot Team are getting them from. I do know it works and I have bought quite a lot in the last day or so.
Currently, Time Crystals are around 72 DEC each, and to clear a basic common plot you will need 150 of them which will cost you a cool 11,200 DEC or around $11 in 'real money'.
That will get your crappy land going, but then you need the monsters, and each of those costs DEC to stake.
...'using low PP monsters does seem to gain you less in more than one way. They tend to eat a larger proportion of your yield'...
Also don’t forget those poor monsters who cleared your land. The ravenous beasts need feeding and refuse to start work unless you do so even if you use Time Crystals.
Speeding up time it seems makes no difference to those voracious animals and you have to hand it to them, they must have at least an ounce of intelligence to demand such payments.
There has been lots of talk about Shard Mines. These are best used on 'Occupied' lands, but your general run-of-the-mill basic land can house them. If you are lucky enough to have an 'Occupied' land then you will positively groan regarding the fee to clear it.
These are the worst types of clearance jobs and can take months if you do it the 'slow' way, or for the paltry fee of 900 Time Crystals (around $81) you can start earning SPS by the hour.
NOTE: If you do it the 'slow way' then the eventual fee will be higher than the costs of Time Crystals, but you can 'pay' with Grain.
Magical Lands are not as bad, but even so don't expect huge yields. The amount of research points earned is pitiful and none of us know what they are for.
...'just 1.432 RP's? This stuff must be concentrated or something'...
@yabapmatt has mentioned on several occasions that earning RP's will be valuable in the later game. I have no reason to doubt him.
He also mentioned that RP's will be a LOT harder to earn later. So I can get 0.2 instead of my current 1.432. Well OK then, we need to have a little faith.
If you have a Keep, then don’t claim your taxes often as there is a levy of 1000 Grain per click. While that seems a lot, the Keep coffers are enormous and it would be wise to ensure they are almost full before grabbing all those ill-gotten tax gains.
...'claim often if you like, but there's a hefty cost! The coffers have not even breached 1% full yet'...
In the last few days, I feel I have learned a lot about what's to come. There is going to be a lot of Grain to start with, but it seems EVERYTHING you do needs the stuff.
This is not some quick win or get-rich-quick, I see it as a long-term 'project' and I am enthralled by what I am witnessing.
@yabapmatt tells us 1.5 is kind of boring and basic. If this is fact, then I can't wait to see what's going to happen in the next few months of dribbled updates.
If you have a little cash, grab a 'cheap' PLOT or two, even common ones as they are all good.
The region of ‘Rason Detiir' appears particularly good value with land starting around $29, whereas my regions of Celestine and Briarwood appear more snooty and upper-class with peon plots starting around $60.
Is there going to be slum areas and Beverly Hills ones, I wonder?
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