As we announced in this post: New Reward Cards & Collection Power Update the second phase of the Collection Power update is scheduled to be released tomorrow, September 1st, at around 12 - 1 PM ET (4 - 5 PM UTC).
This phase will begin using the collection power as an additional factor in determining each player's league and therefore the amount of Loot Chests they will be eligible to earn for quest and season rewards.
The "battle" screen in the game will be redesigned as follows to show this additional information:
In the top right section it shows that in order to reach the next league you will need to achieve both the required number of rating points and the required collection power. The league details popup has also been updated to indicate the collection power required to reach each league and tier.
If a player has a high enough rating to enter into the next league but not a high enough collection power, then as soon as their collection power is increased enough the next league will be unlocked. Similarly, if at any time a player's collection power drops below the threshold for their current league, their league will be immediately dropped to the highest available based on the new collection power.
While an account's collection power and league are updated immediately whenever there is a change in the account's collection, the collection power and league used for determining daily quest rewards will not include any cards which have been transferred or delegated within the past 24 hours. This is required to prevent players from being able to shuffle a group of cards around to multiple accounts in order to claim higher quest rewards.
There will be a short downtime for the game while the update is being released, and during that time any players who are currently in a higher league than their collection power allows will have their league adjusted to the highest level available based on their collection power.
We also want to take this opportunity to remind everyone that renting cards (cards delegated to you from other players) also increases your collection power the same as if you owned those cards in your collection, so if you're interested in upping your collection power quickly and relatively cheaply we highly recommend that you check out the Peakmonsters.com Rental Market!
Phase 3 - League Leaderboards
The third and final phase of the Collection Power update will be the addition of separate season ranked leaderboards for each league. This means that Bronze, Silver, Gold, Diamond, and Champion leagues will all have their own separate leaderboards, with separate prize pools, to allow players to compete to see who is the best at each league level.
We may also add collection power requirements to enter certain tournaments (based on the league and allowed cards in the tournament) as part of phase 3 or as a small update shortly afterwards.
We expect the league leaderboards to be completed and released within the next month, and more details about it will be posted as it gets closer to release.
Ongoing Changes and Rewards
We have spent many months now working on designing and building the collection power and league leaderboard system. We experimented with multiple different ideas and options and have had many discussions with players and team members in order to provide a balanced and sustainable reward mechanism in the game.
That being said, it's quite possible that we have not gotten everything perfect on the first try. We will watch the results of the update carefully for a season or two after it is released, listen closely to player feedback, and make any adjustments that we feel are necessary.
Additionally, once the final phase (league leaderboards) are released and we have a season or two of that under our belts, we will review the entire reward system in the game and see if there are any areas that should be changed with a particular focus on whether or not rewards can be increased or improved at certain league levels.
Stay tuned for more updates from the Splinterlands!
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