Yeah, I agree with a lot of this. I don't however think Splinterlands ever hit a bubble though. I think two major things happened. First, cards were being valued based on the rewards structure that has since changed. Second, cards were being valued for a certain scarcity which wasn't real. As soon as prices hit certain levels, the buzz caused forgotten about inventory to be released into the market and changed the dynamics. This mixed with the new cards coming caused prices to stop on a dime and retreat. If rewards went back up, I think the excess supply would be swept up and we'd be on our way back up as long as they don't 20x us with CL.

I don't know how I feel about the time lock idea. I'm not against it but I don't love it. It would be interesting if they rotated the cards in the starter deck though so you couldn't get too comfortable and people learn new strategies and might decide to buy or rent a card that otherwise may not have played with. I do like the idea of increasing the sensitivity of ECR. Maybe like if it goes below 50% it runs down faster and it takes a lot longer to fill back up? Or maybe something like under 50% the starter deck becomes unusable? Not sure but I agree they need to do something about these bots soaking up all the rewards.

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