As a large renter of cards this will change my activity, but I fully support the decision and think its a great solution. While this might hurt my rental income, I believe its important for the following reasons:
Most importantly the cost to us all is high if we require unnecessary blockchain transactions. This will significantly cut down on wasted and unnecessary pricing changes.
This change will improve the user experience. The old system that was free encouraged people/bots to undercut by 0.0000000001 DEC because it was free to do so. This was not only a waste of resources, but it was also irritating and gave a very poor user experience.
This change will encourage players to use the season long rental system when its live. Instead of players and renters having to spend an incalculable amount of time trying to find the cards and/or make sure they didn't lose the rental each day, this will be encourage people to "rent it and forget it" and make a much smoother experience.
Finally, while I know a lot of people have become addicted to just renting out their cards and collecting solid passive income, this change along with the soulbound card change that has chased away a significant number of bot renters will fix a few more issues that many have complained about.
No solution can please everyone. But we should all realize that we won't have a game for long if we don't encourage 1) a great player experience and 2) do so in a way that is sustainable for both the devs and the players.
Splinterlands has reacted slow to many of the issues, but when they do act it is for the purpose of making the game/user experience/economy better. They are not doing this to line their pockets. I for one appreciate it and support them in this change even though my rental income will drop. I plan to be here for the rest of my life, so of course I want them to do what is needed to make us not only survive but prosper!
Thank you SPL team for a very creative solution to what we all know was a big issue. I look forward to the season rental system as well.
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