Testing Land 1.5 with Real Cards? * My Hive Goals (Week 46, 2023)

This is a short sum-up table with the state of my goals in easier TLDR form. The table has only a general overview, with details expanded in the post.

Current State/Other Selection Criterion	Goals Matching the Criterion
Ongoing	5 (HP + HBD Savings, LEO Staked, Comments Made, DEC Saved 2 - Stage 2, Cards for Staking on Land - Stage 2)
Main Goals Completed	0
Main Goals Missed	0
Completed Goals	4 (DEC-B Saved, DEC Saving 2 - Stage 1, Cards for Staking on Land - Stage 1 & 1.5)
Missed Goals	1 (DEC Saved 2 - Stage 3)
Main goals	3 (HP + HBD Savings, LEO Staked, Comments Made)
Goals	2 (Cards for Staking on Land, DEC Saved 2)
New Goals	2 (Cards for Staking on Land, DEC Saved 2)
Increased Goals	3 (HBD target for HP+HBD Main Goal - twice, DEC-B Saved)
Decreased Goals	2 (Comments Made, Cards for Staking on Land - Stage 1)
Goals: Pushed Deadlines Further	2 (DEC Saved 2 - Stages 2 & 3)

I include a link to the initial goal-setting post for 2023, for reference, if needed.

I started last week's update by saying this:

Tomorrow Land 1.5 will be rolled out publicly if nothing else shows up to postpone it once again.

We know something came up and it was delayed for another 2 weeks, given that this week is Thanksgiving for those who celebrate it, including many from the Splintelands team.

In the meantime, the team decided to clone real assets (cards, in particular, but probably totems too) on the Mavs server, to help players test in my realistic conditions.

That was a good solution for players who wanted to prepare in detail the first few hours after the Land 1.5 launch and eliminated for them the need to buy packs, open them, and combine cards, which was a tedious process on the Mavs server.

I decided not to take advantage of this option, for a few reasons.

First of all, my Maverick account is different from the account from where I will play land. The team thought of that, and gave us a heads-up, to move the cards and totems we will use on land to the Maverick account. However, I didn't have time to go through my collection to select these cards and move them to the other account.

Then, the experience on the game servers will hopefully be different than on the test server, so they are not comparable. The test server is kept very light to not spend much on it, so there are often errors when there is a little bit of a higher load. So, we can't compare what we learn from the Mavs test server with the real thing that will be after the game launches.

The only thing I am a bit worried about is that the game servers won't be able to handle the initial rush on the release of the Land 1.5... Just imagine the anxious refreshes hitting the servers while the rollout is in progress...

Let's see what has changed since last week regarding my Hive goals.

HIVE Power (HP) + HBD in Savings Main Goal

My staked HIVE reached 37,248 HP this week, 121 HP more than last week. I am on target with the PUM challenge for November. My HBD savings remain at 200 HBD.

Here's what the evolution of the HP+HBD goal looks like:

At these prices, 1,087 more HBD-worth of HP and HBD are needed to complete the goal. If the price of HIVE goes up, this requirement goes down.

LEO Staked Main Goal

I staked 150 LEO this week for LPUD and reached 21,300 LP. My powerup from this week is below what is needed to achieve my year-end target, but I didn't add any more to have a round number for next week.

I currently need to stake 200 LEO weekly (higher than 193 LEO last week) to reach the target by the year-end.

Splinterlands Land Expansion Main Focus

Land expansion's main focus extends throughout 2023. Unless I change the strategy, it will be the only main focus / main goal for Splinterlands in 2023. But there will be several 1-3 months goals.

First Land-Related Goal: DEC/DEC-B Saved - Completed

This goal is COMPLETED.

Deadline (passed): When DEC-B offer runs out, either because all were sold out or because the time limit was reached (April 9th).

Target to consider the goal completed: 1.5 mil. DEC-B saved. Done!

DEC Saved 2 Goal - Stage 1 Completed

[COMPLETED] Deadline stage 1: June
Deadline stage 2: extended to the end of 2023 from the launch of Land 1.5
Deadline stage 3: Postponed to 2024 (considered missed for 2023)

Target to consider the goal completed:

• stage 1: 1.2m DEC (COMPLETED)
• stage 2: 2.2 DEC (1m additional DEC)
• stage 3: 5 DEC (2.8m additional DEC)

Current situation: 1.509m DEC (liquid).

Note: Depending on my available time, I might try to have another round of testing on the Mavs server.

New Land-Related Goal: Cards for Staking on Land Stage 2 Completed

^{The purpose of this goal is to build the amount of high PP cards I need for staking on my tract.}

^{We will need to fill 5 slots per plot with staked cards, without requiring summoners (that doesn't mean they can't be used as regular cards).}

So, what are the details of this goal?

Deadline:

• [COMPLETED] Stage 1: June 2023
• [COMPLETED] Stage 1.5: August/whenever Land 1.5 is launched
• Stage 2: End of 2023? (this will be a new goal)

The total number of maxed-level* cards needed for staking on land: 500 (5 x 100).

• stage 1: need 120 cards for land by the deadline (decreased from 220) COMPLETED
• stretch goal: have optimized cards for 24 plots COMPLETED
• stage 1.5: need 220 cards for land by the deadline COMPLETED
• stage 2: have 500 cards for land
• stretch goal: have optimized cards for 44 plots

(*) any card with at least 1000 PP suitable for the terrain types I own will do (better for better plots); doesn't have to be maxed; temporarily lowered the minimum to 800 PP. Will reduce it further for the initial stages of the gameplay of land.

Current situation total: 144 / 500 (28%), but counted at least 220

Current situation stage 2: 144 / 500

Time remaining until Stage 2 deadline: ?

Note: Mainly waiting for Land with this goal.

Comments Made

Original goal: 18k, REDUCED to 17k, by the end of 2023.

I started this week with a total of 16510 comments made.

Ended the week with 16605 comments made, which brings the number of my comments during this week to 95, which is exactly my needed weekly average.

I now need an average of 66 comments weekly to reach the goal of 17k.

Weekly Buy - ON HOLD

Currently on hold. Waiting to see if I need a little push with my goals at the end of the year, and with which goals...

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