Hear me out:
With the new battle format things have been better and it has been more fun to play!
However, it seems I top out due to skill/cards at the Diamond 2 Level... but lost some extremely bad RNG games... Fuck the RNG Gods, they can kiss my whole ass.
On top of the fuckery that seems to arise when one is on the threshold of advancing to another league...
There are bugs that cause losses, like this one:
I submitted my team with about 10 seconds to spare... all I saw in return was the chompy splinterlands teeth and the music kept going while the timer kept ticking down...
I knew what this was - this was the stupid battle submission glitch that happens every now and then.
Sure enough, I waited a few more seconds, hit refresh and wouldn't you know it the "Submit Team" screen popped up with 0:00 on the timer. I refreshed again and BOOM... Marked as a Loss.
I get it - these bugs happen, it's a game...
The problem arises when a player battles for hours on end, making no major progress... partially because of staggering statistical improbabilities... but losing no ground either...
This would be fine if this were the only "rating" device, as that is how things are supposed to work!
However... we have a Season Reset upon us!
I suspect this means all of the players who are in my current Diamond 2 Bracket are going to get dropped down into Gold 1... Where we will continue to play against each other and not make much progress...
Season Reset #2... Gold 1 -> Gold 3 repeat with us milling around...
Season Reset #3... Gold 3 -> Silver 2 repeat again... etc...
I hope my fears are unfounded as that would be an extreme punishment for the players... but it will need to be addressed if this is the case.
If left as such, many players will leave - why continue to play a game where you get punished for MAINTAINING your level???