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I finished the season that had just ended in Diamond One Wild. I almost made it to Champion 3, but I couldn't. 


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Anyway, I do not think there are any additional benefits to playing in Champions League, aside from an increase in glint rewards and possibly a slight increase in your SPS reward when you win ranked battles. Nonetheless, it was a fairly good season. 


> Some Calculations

I believe I win between 12 and 15 games per day, earning an average of 0.9 SPS per game. So let us say 0.9X13 wins per day multiplied by the 13 days of the season. So I earned approximately 152 SPS in the recently concluded season. It could be slightly less or more, but somewhere around here. 


## Shopping With Less Glint Features 

The reason I still prefer the previous reward system is that there are daily rewards to look forward to, as well as the element of surprise that comes with opening a chest. Using Glints to buy chests is not better than earning them. I understand that we used to have a lot of useless potions, but the previous reward system was still better. If this change helped the SPS price, the SPS from the season's chests could continue, with SPS removed from the chests. 


This way, more people can still earn a decent season's reward without competing with Glints to buy soulbound cards. The Glint system is still chaotic and less rewarding, as you will discover once you have had some shopping experience.


## My Shopping Experience 

 I did, so I will share my shopping experience of spending Glint in the **Gwen's Shop**. After the new reward season/system began, I burned some of my legendary soulbound cards' ordinary foils because I had already maxed out their gold forms, as well as some redundant cards. I received approximately 19k GLINT at the end of the burn. I decided to save this until the end of the season. After the season ended, I received approximately 22k glint as a reward, which was doubled **So, at the end of the season, I received about 44.3k glint tokens in rewards**,



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 so I went shopping with about 60k Glints and documented all the cards I was able to purchase with them. I stopped shopping when I had reached 6,800 glint. I have documented the cards I received. 

## Calculations 


For the record, I did not receive any legendary cards and purchased approximately 6 master's draw and 8 veterans draw. For the sake of curiosity, I purchased approximately 9 elite draws. That is 23 draws and approximately 55,300 glint tokens spent in total. So I added another 11k or so to my previously owned glint token and still did not get a legendary. 


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Essentially, if I had earned 40 to 50 gold chests in the previous season, minus the SPS, I would still be able to obtain better soulbound rewards.



 I understand that more soulbound cards should be removed from circulation, but the Gwen's shop could be better designed so that you can easily swap your legendary cards for another equivalent of that legendary card, as well as rare, epic, and common cards. There should also be additional sections where players can easily purchase the specific soulbound cards they require. 



> **Players Needs To Be Able To Buy The Specific Cards They Want**

The cards may cost more, but it will be better because if players save up Glints to buy cards, they will know that they are saving to buy the specific cards they want, rather than relying on draws or a chance to buy multiple previous cards they own and continue the burn cycle. The Gwen's Shop concept is not completely useless, but I believe they can improve it in terms of gamification, choices, and sophistication, and players will soon forget that SPS is no longer a reward. 


## The Gwen's Shop Can Still Rock 


One of the reasons why many players continue to think this change is terrible is the crudeness of Gwen's shop. It looks like something out of kindergarten. The gamification of the shopping and glint tokens requires a revamp, as do new shopping features and experiences. This change is not entirely negative; it can be improved, and this is what Splinterlands INC must address immediately. 






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