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RE: Splinterlands Guild Play: Hold Your Horses (or Dragons in this Case)- Some of Us Were Expecting this Exact Result-How to Keep Guild Play Robust Widely Competitive Rather than a Few Hoardes Ruling the Entire Universe
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To me, the "whales" are just people who have invested the most in the game, and I think we kind of need people like that. Not sure how some people having far more cards than others affects the gameplay of people at lower levels who can't or don't want to invest thousands of dollars into the game.
Maybe the problem is that all levels compete on the same leaderboard. So the "champions" will always have whales amongst the ranks since they have the most powerful cards. Maybe there could be champions of bronze league, champions of silver, etc. etc. So people feel like there are attainable top goals for them. In reality, without at least spending some money on rentals, the actual Champion league or top of the leaderboard is simply (and understandably) unattainable. It's like skiiers of any and all levels all going down the same hill. Maybe we need some smaller hills.
I know this is going to sound confrontational, but this is obviously no a pyramid scheme... in order to be a pyramid... the people who are at the top must always remain at the top and those under them must alway only push them up. The reason why this is true is because booster packs are always $2 or less if you buy a lot. There is a guy who recently came from nowhere and bought like 45k booster packs... him buying packs did not push those "whales" that were already in the game up, it actually potentially pulled them down (if the guy decides to sell his cards) because now there are a bunch of new cards on the market. They have essentially been devalued by a new player... the opposite of a pyramid scheme.
Yeah we will have to see PK, I hope not but there is always a shot at re-adjusting as needed. If it's broke it can be fixed.