RE: Get More Land Right Now
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I'm not convinced.
I purchased the cat in the sack several times with boosters (Beta and Untamed) and would have been better off waiting for others to open the packs and buying selected cards directly from the market.
My guess is that once the land is revealed some plots will indeed skyrocket in value but others might drop below the price of the initial offering. It's a gamble after all.
Also the exclusiveness doesn't lure me. The game needs to be playable and sustainable for players joining later, so just like Untamed came after Beta, another continent will come after Praetoria. And if things go as they did with cards, there will be a power-creep or at least a replacement of some sort for the out-of-print lands.
As a conclusion, I will/might get in on land once I now what I'm buying and then cherry-pick what I want rather than gamble for the jackpot plot. There is no need to hurry unless you intend to be among the top of the top players.
I can understand wanting to wait until land is implemented, and all the "cards are on the table", so to speak. At that time, it will be transparently obvious which land is good for which utility. And I think that makes a lot of sense.
Of course, that strategy only works as long as land is still available to purchase. Once all the plots are sold, it is my opinion that ALL plots will be valued at much higher than 20 bucks. In other words, it won't be the same experience you had with booster packs. Here's why:
Historically speaking, when we reach max circulation on a Reward card, that card is replaced with a new Reward card. When a booster expansion sells out, that expansion is immediately replaced with new boosters. There is a market full of different cards, all of which have some sort of overlap in functionality. The player picks and chooses what cards fit their play style. As such, there's always an influx of cards to purchase at one's leisure.
Now let's look at Land.
Yes, it's possible that more continents are explored. More plots may become available in the future. However, they will NOT be on Praetoria, and they will NOT benefit from the Praetoria bonus modifiers. And they will definitely not be as commonly introduced as character cards. After all, you don't need land to play the core game. At some point, you will need character, spell, and item cards to stay competitive. But land? Nope, don't need that at all.
Which is why we don't intend to introduce more land sales unless it really becomes necessary to do so.
Players without land will continue to do what they always do, most likely cherry-picking cards on the market that they need to play the game.
Meanwhile, the people with land will be setting up shop right there alongside Splinterlands, producing (and profiting indefinitely) over and over and over and over again.
You're right. It's a gamble. So I guess what I'm saying is: the odds are stacked HEAVILY in your favor on this one. Those are the best sort of gambles to make, right?