A couple of days since I posted and currently I am in a Grain deficit for my land plots. I have increased my max DEC threshold thereby allowing me to produce more but it has caused me to spend more on grain.
A few options can be executed with this imbalance. I can either adjust add assets on my grain plot to produced more which I am leaning towards doing. Or I can buy another plot at some other region to produce grain and swap it into my main plot's region to balance out the deficit. The drawback with the latter option is I lose on the transfer of grain fees. On the flip side I can use cards that have been idling for awhile.
Buying a Runi is a significant investment, but it will reduce my DEC requirement while producing more grain if placed in the right plot. Meanwhile buying a land plot will by about 1/5 the cost but in return each day I will lose 10% of the grain produced on top of collecting the grain since its from a different region. The latter will likely cost multiple months if not years to accumulate cost equivalent to the upfront cost of investing in a Runi.
Another option is to purchase a title or higher rarity totem but both of those are nearly or more costly than a Runi. The choices are deep pocket costs in order to be self sufficient. In terms of investing in Splinterlands I have done so plenty in multiple sales therefore I would like to minimize my losses moving forward. To invest a lot in another asset now is not in my cards.
Current most affordable land plot producing grain is a staggering 43k DEC. At that rate it will take about six seasons to earn on my rentals alone. It may be well worth it as this will allow me to increase my overall resource production and earn more DEC which in turn accelerate my hopes of expanding into the land game.
Price of Hive remains very weak and with that it will cost a lot more to purchase land plots. In terms of the 43k DEC it will be about 300 Hives. To those who remember at the beginning of land the cost for a plot was far less in terms of Hives. Yet here we are and I am leaning toward doing something soon to increase my land production.
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