#Kieran Town Hall Questions

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rapid apex
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Please use this thread to post our questions for the upcoming Town Hall with Kieran.

Please include one of these hashthags per question to assist in us executing a efficiently structure Town Hall to provide maximum value to the community.

#Development

  • Game development and updates for all titles

#Roadmap

  • Roadmap and future vision

#Economy

  • Economy and tokenomics

#Community

  • Community engagement

#Partnership

  • Partnerships and collaborations

#Feedback

  • Feedback and suggestions

#Team

  • Team and development transparency

#Marketing

  • Marketing and user growth

#Misc

  • Any other topic that isn't covered above

*Any non questions will be removed from this thread.
**Thumbs up questions that you like as that will help us identify questions that are valued the most

fierce moat
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#Development

  • When is illuvial combat and illuvial companion coming? We need overworld to be more entertaining

#Development

  • Will there be a stat alteration mechanism? We should known if you continue to pay premium for stats or should wait for the reroll system.

#Development

  • Do you plan on implementing a burn mechanism to reduce the inflation of bad stat illuvials?

#Development

  • When do we get multiplayer?
narrow storm
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#Community
Why has the community communication been extremely lacking to borderline non existed the past few weeks, yes we know most are on vacation but writing 4 lines of text in announcements every few days does not require much/anything,
examples being 75% nerf on land with 0 communication post nerf, 0 annoucnements post season 1 ending and 0 announcements regarding changes to season 2 (which were shared at random times in gen chat)

orchid swan
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#economy Do you believe that Illuvium will achieve self-sustaining revenue before the end of the current runway? Considering post-launch daily active users, this seems more of a challenge than ever.

rapid apex
long field
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#Marketing
CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) in th eUniverse of Illuvium is needed!
What are the actual plan from the marketing team ?

raw jolt
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#Development
#Team
What are Aaron's qualifications to be the lead game designer on a 60 Million dollar AAA project that has been in development for over 3 years, yet doesn't provide a basic gameplay loop or progression leading to poor player retention.

long field
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#Economy #Team What portion of the 1 million ILV token for ingame reward have been used ?

Token supply: image id:guide 1

In-game rewards: image #2

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unique python
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#roadmap

How are you combating the burn rate and has there been Any additional funding from VCs?

ripe falcon
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#Economy
What are the plans regarding runway extensions and growing revenues further.

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#Development
Do we have a timeline for combat and multiplayer for overworld

rain cloak
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#Development

When would the current arena modes be finished, with fully polished leaderboard + competitive experience? What's the plan with Ascendant arena, do we have a vision on how we want it to look like? What different goals and players is it gonna target, compared to gauntlet? Thoughts on having 2 modes with several different queues, (casual, ranked, leviathan) on a relatively small playerbase, resulting in longer queue times and not enough engagement in each?

Are battle passes tied to ranked/leviathan considered? With special skins and rewards based on completion and rank? Is it legally possible to share a part of the revenue generated through the battle passes with the players who participate in it?

How far away, a rough estimate, is Multiplayer from going live, 6 months, 12, etc? Do we have an idea what it's going to look like, what would a group of multiple players be after? Is any additional content, such as dungeons or raids considered, to take advantage of having multiplayer?

#Roadmap

What timeframe is the team looking in, before they start to consider a new game or mode? Do we have an idea of what we want our next game to be, and how does it fit the overall vision of what has been built so far?

#Economy
Thought's on the current monetization. When is it expected to reach the necessary revenues in order for the project to be sustainable? Is the current model optimal at all? Which is our target audience, web2 or web3, cause right now it feels it's a mix of both and we are not suited to target either. What are the plans to increase the revenue (15-20x minimum for self sustainability). What's our target playerbase for 1 year in, 50k, 100k, etc? Is pivoting from the current model an option, and if so, when would that be considered?

ripe falcon
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#Marketing
What is the plan for marketing. Do the strategic partners from the capital raises aim to assist with this?

long field
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#Misc #API
When will it be possible to have access to the APIs that Illuvium will develop?

APIs will help build strong tools that assist in onboarding the community. This is not an aspect to neglect, especially right now.

Playing a game and wasting time on gathering information is hurting the players. Help us improve the environment quality by creating tools to help onboard players and increase retention

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rapid apex
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Thumbs up questions that you like as that will help us identify questions that are valued the most

sand matrix
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#Partnership . Is there going to be an announcement for a partnership with nvidia and our launch for GeForce Now?

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hahah ok #misc wen netflix to explain the lore

mental lava
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#Community
Appeal
This appeal expresses the collective opinion of players from Russia.
With respect, we write to you, as your enormous work inspires us!

As you know, players in Russia are experiencing access issues.
Currently, the Overworld mode is unavailable to us.

Problem Description:
When entering the game without a VPN, players do not receive in-game NFTs due to transaction issues.
When entering with a VPN, an error occurs: 403 Forbidden & Local Time Not In Sync, making further gameplay impossible.

Methods We Tested:
We did not use public VPNs; our guild has its own server with a clean VPN, but access through it is also unavailable.
Changing the IP and VPN did not help.
Changing the device's date and time settings did not resolve the issue.

Rationale for Seeking a Solution:
I am the primary content creator in the Russian-speaking zone and the head of the Monarch guild.
We couldn't connect to the game for the last 2 days of beta testing and up to the present.
The mainnet launch is soon, but we don't have access.
Feedback monitoring shows growing panic and FUD.

Players are concerned about their assets: staking, lands, airdrop rewards, and other in-game values.
Uncertainty about the future and missed opportunities to join the mainnet launch cause financial risks.
We are trying to calm the players while awaiting a resolution.

What We Propose:
Organize a closed thread for discussing the situation with the project's leadership. We can provide delegates and necessary information.
We understand your workload, but we ask you not to leave us with this problem. Please find solutions, implement them promptly, and take control of the task. We are ready to adhere to non-disclosure rules if necessary.

With gratitude.

rapid apex
merry shuttle
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#Development
Since the games have received criticism around the gameplay loops being boring and too expensive for what they provide; what does the team intend to add and change to the existing games first and foremost?

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#roadmap
When does the team expect to have integrated this ^ more immersive gameplay?

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#roadmap #development
(When) Can the community expect any update to the functionality of the illuvidex rather than its aesthetics? Let me be frank, I love how it looks but it is a pain to navigate.

mental lava
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In addition to my previous question, as there wasn’t enough space for a complete post:

#Roadmap
In December, we had a task to achieve a series of victories in Arena mode. Rewards for this task were promised for Q1 2024. It’s now September...

#Roadmap
When will the filters by attributes be implemented on Illuvidex? Currently, to find the Illuvial I need, I have to open 8+ tabs. This leads to CloudFlare protection issues. Why should I spend so much time sorting through unnecessary items?

plucky cape
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#roadmap

Wen arena rewards / competition scene

mental lava
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@narrow storm @fierce moat @long field @rain cloak @plucky cape
You have amazing questions. I read them and understood them. I'm interested in this too.🚀

trim fractal
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#Roadmap
Alot of players suffered massively from the imx minting issues. With the current small player base it is unacceptable that a small number of bots can completely stop one of the games base functions (minting NFTs). Illuvium wants to grow to a big playerbase which will greatly increase the load on imx (by more players and/or more bots).

How is the team planning to fix the miserable imx performance?
Is imx still the right solution or will it kill Illuvium?
Is the team considering to move to another solution (zkEVM, other chain) to make Illuvium future proof or are we stuck with imx forever?

jagged idol
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#Team
Do you have in your team an economic specialist from web3 who understands this erea and has successful experience in web3 gamefi? Coz I heard about Activision's economic specialist but ist not equal to the economic specialist web3.

loud chasm
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#Development
Considering that many users are complaining about the high cost, could it be considered to implement a battle pass or bundles for low-budget users who want to experience the game?

strong coral
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#MISC
Was the start of the Illuvium Succesfull for the Team? was the numbers of players that the team were waiting?

jagged idol
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#Development
Are you planning to do separate leaderboards for Zero, OW, and Arena? Coz someone want play only arena or ow, or will play mobile arena+zero

glossy rivet
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#economy - Is there a contingency plan in place if we don't meet our monthly income targets within the next 5 to 6 months?

dapper carbon
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#Roadmap
When will the megacity feature become available? We payed a huge bonus to form them.
When are going to be able to mint our blueprints developed by the material lebs on ZERO?
When are we going to be able to use the fuel from ZERO directly into the overworld?

foggy junco
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#Economy
The current version of the economy is a failure.
How do you plan to fix it and when?

plucky cape
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#development

Wen silv2 and fuel creates fix to buy current fuel price instead of fixed top rail price?

foggy junco
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#Marketing
The current version of marketing does not meet my needs.
I want to have a referral link that I can get without submitting a request to the DAO, but simply in my personal account, immediately after registration. And so that the referral is always linked to me.
This will significantly increase the influx of players to Illuvium. When will you do this?

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#Economy
Whoever limited the level of illuvials to level 60 made a big mistake.
Make it possible to have at least level 200 with the required experience of over 50 million points. Or remove the restrictions altogether. This will increase the price bar of illuvials, your commissions, and also increase the need for fuel for such pumping.
When will you do this?

ripe falcon
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#Roadmap
Can we have an updated vision roadmap with plans for the next 5 years at least. Do you have any large scale goals people can look forward to that you've not spoken about ?

plush dagger
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#Development
Hi There,
When can we receive ranked Gauntlet Normal / Leviathan?
Will be there seasonal rewards for rank brackets?
Can we set favorite illuvials for Leviathan instead of System chosing highest level automatically?

In a Nutshell, when can we start playing competitive gameplay finally?

Br.
Lexlolz

dusky elbow
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#Development
Arena

  • How often we will see balance patches? (Regular basis or once it’s in a good shape no more balance patches)
  • What additional features are coming to the different Arena modes in a soonish timeframe? (already or soon finished basic developement and are in QA or will be soon)

OW

  • What status is OW-battle, multiplayer, raids, a social hub for flexing and meeting friends and co-op mode in? Any timeframe we can expect those?

Zero

  • What status is Blueprint minting, MC’s and podarium? (still in the timeframe pointed out in IIP-54 (6-8 weeks post launch for Blueprint/podarium and 8-12 Weeks for MC’s))
  • What’s up with the compensations outlined in IIP-54 and is there a compensation planned for the missed compensations? (2nd fuel-crate drop + MC bonus fuel when selling)
  • Is it planned to implement an editor mode feature, where one can get an empty plot and replace all buildings from a “storage” and maybe save up to 3 different layouts.

Beyond

  • What status is the beyond collection rewards will it be released with the next wave?
  • What is planned for beyond in general for the next 12 months?

Illuvidex + Fuel exchange

  • What changes and in what timeframe can we expect UI updates for the Fex? (more visible orderbook for the seller side and updated UI to the bonus system on the buyerside)
  • What changes and in what timeframe can we expect UX updates to the Illuvidex? (filter actually working, filter for stats etc.)

Blockchain

  • What is done to fix the minting issues and also prevent it in future, so illuvium doesn’t face scaling issues? I was under the impression that with an increasing playerbase the chain is actually working faster and more reliably, which doesn’t seem to be the case.
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#Roadmap

  • Possible to release 2 kinds of Vision Roadmaps quaterly updated, one for short term for features already in development (1year) and 1 for longterm (up to 5 years)?
  • When will we see leaderboards for all games and will they be seasonal?
  • When will we see tournaments on a regular basis?
  • Is a longtime tournament series planned, like every weekend qualifiers for a monthly final, which is qualifiers for the once a year championships?
  • When is the next beyond wave dropping?
  • When bug fix for Zero, especially the game breaking bugs where plots are not playable, but also the production number errors, scanner not working, costs of buildings not in line etc.
  • When marketing push?

#Economy

  • With the price for fuel and it’s direction we saw, and the prices for assets we see what is the teams pov? Runs still too expensive, about right or way too cheap prices going in the desired direction?

#Community

  • What is planned to increase the communication between community, DAO and Team?

#Team

  • Which departements/teams you think have too many or too less employees now or in the near future?

#Marketing

  • What are marketing plans up for the next 3 months and what are the plans up to 1 year?
  • Is it planned to also include web2 audiences, since we need rather paying DAU than f2p DAU?
  • Is it planned to not hide but not focous on web3 terminology and rather just advertise the game and fun?
merry shuttle
dusky elbow
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#Development
Arena

  • How often we will see balance patches? (Regular basis to change up meta or once it’s in a good shape no more balance patches but starting over again with each new set)
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#Development
Arena

  • What additional features are coming to the different Arena modes in a soonish timeframe? (already or soon finished basic developement and are in QA or will be soon)
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#Development
OW

  • What status is OW-battle, multiplayer, raids, a social hub for flexing and meeting friends and co-op mode in? Any timeframe we can expect those?
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#Development
Zero

  • What status is Blueprint minting, MC’s and podarium? (still in the timeframe pointed out in IIP-54 (6-8 weeks post launch for Blueprint/podarium and 8-12 Weeks for MC’s))
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#Development
Zero

  • What’s up with the compensations outlined in IIP-54 and is there a compensation planned for the missed compensations? (2nd fuel-crate drop + MC bonus fuel when selling)
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#Development
Zero

  • Is it planned to implement an editor mode feature, where one can get an empty plot and replace all buildings from a “storage” and maybe save up to 3 different layouts.
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#Development
Beyond

  • What status is the beyond collection rewards will it be released with the next wave?
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#Development
Beyond

  • What is planned for beyond in general for the next 12 months?
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#Development
Fuel exchange

  • What changes and in what timeframe can we expect UI updates for the Fex? (more visible orderbook for the seller side and updated UI to the bonus system on the buyerside)
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#Development
Illuvidex

  • What changes and in what timeframe can we expect UX updates to the Illuvidex? (filter actually working, filter for stats etc.)
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#Development
Blockchain

  • What is done to fix the minting issues and also prevent it in future, so illuvium doesn’t face scaling issues? I was under the impression that with an increasing playerbase the chain is actually working faster and more reliably, which doesn’t seem to be the case.
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#Roadmap

  • Possible to release 2 kinds of Vision Roadmaps quaterly updated, one for short term for features already in development (1year) and 1 for longterm (up to 5 years)?
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#Roadmap

  • When will we see leaderboards for all games and will they be seasonal?
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#Roadmap

  • When will we see tournaments on a regular basis?
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#Roadmap

  • Is a longtime tournament series planned, like every weekend qualifiers for a monthly final, which is qualifiers for the once a year championships?
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#Roadmap

  • When is the next beyond wave dropping?
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#Roadmap

  • When bug fix for Zero, especially the game breaking bugs where plots are not playable, but also the production number errors, scanner not working, costs of buildings not in line etc.
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#Roadmap

  • When marketing push?
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#Economy

  • With the price for fuel and it’s direction we saw, and the prices for assets we see what is the teams pov?
  • Runs still too expensive, about right or way too cheap?
  • prices going in the desired direction?
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#Community

  • What is planned to increase the communication between community, DAO and Team?
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#Team

  • Which departements/teams you think have too many or too less employees now or in the near future?
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#Marketing

  • What are marketing plans up for the next 3 months and what are the plans up to 1 year?
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#Marketing

  • Is it planned to also include web2 audiences, since we need rather paying DAU than f2p DAU?
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#Marketing

  • Is it planned to not hide but not focous on web3 terminology and rather just advertise the game and fun?
inner belfry
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#development
What are the current priorities for Arena, Overworld and Zero and why does the team see them as priorities?

gritty idol
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#Marketing
We need to hire a community engagement manager and a junior social media manager, it’s inexcusable updates have been dropping without any notice,

There should be dev updates every 3 days and community announcements/engagement updates every 1-2 days, included in the updates should be the following considerations.

  1. brief update from each working department working on game functions
  2. Engagement campaign directly for the community
  3. Directors update / overall visions strategy brief update

We have a game launched and nobody knows what’s being worked on, or being fixed; we also have zero look in on what the macro vision is working toward and hence a lot of FUD is being spread, with nobody on the mod / discord mod team able to back it up because they simply do not have the information

Updates should be syndicated to both discord, twitter, website patch notes / article and close community content creators, we need to start building back a community here again

plucky vapor
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#Development

  • when are plants gonna fight back?
orchid swan
plucky vapor
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#Team

  • what is the team's energy like?
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#Team

  • do you have enough expert blockchain dev capacity to move chain if needed?
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#Marketing

  • what happened to the hundred+ influencers Tarren had lined up?
austere tiger
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Do you have plans to make Illuvium more whale-friendly for example by implementing super expensive Dark Holo runs?

astral tendon
# narrow storm #Community Why has the community communication been extremely lacking to borde...

#Community
Just to add to @Dexter's question, silence creates panic. This is announcement channel traffic over the recent past. If everything was so hype prior to Season 1, how can we possibly think things are going to be okay if there's NOTHING about Season 2? The Announcement channel has not been this silent since the "official launch." What is the reason (if any) for ceasing communications? In Crypto, silence often means "rug," and if not for Rich and a few others answering direct questions, there would normally be a stampede away from the project in this situation.

Announcement channel traffic (Dates are probably skewed by my strange time zone):

(Awkward silence)
8/30
8/30 - Overworld and Arena p1.1.0 - deployment complete
8/30
8/27
8/27
8/25
8/24
8/22
8/22 - More "Minting Problem" acknowledgement
8/20
8/19
8/19 - Overworld and Arena backend patch
8/16
8/16 - "Fuel Nerf"
8/14
8/12
8/12
8/9
8/8
8/6 - Overworld and Arena patch
8/6
8/6
8/4
8/1 - Illuvium Zero p1.0.4
7/31
7/31
7/31 - Arena patch
7/30 - Illuvium Zero p1.0.3
7/27 - First "Minting Problems" acknowledgement
7/27
7/27
7/26 - Illuvium Zero p1.0.2
7/25 - Region travel opens
7/25 - Illuvium is Live!
(Lots of hype the week before)

astral tendon
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#Roadmap
When can we expect some quality-of-life enhancements to (a) the Illuvidex or (b) the Marketplace? Things like saved filters, tagging, folders -- any organization layers that we can maintain in our profile are much needed. For Marketplace, some sort of "order book" on any non-unique item (e.g. shards, ingots) is sorely needed. Low-cost items are only in the Marketplace for seconds, but unavailable the instant you try to buy them. Even if there is a single "standard price," for instance, "Rare Shard," clicking the first few of them is almost always pointless.

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#Development
If we are farming for airdrop points, or rankings, or just about anything "season-related," but the rules change on us during that time, it can be extremely frustrating. No one will complain about bug-fixes ("we patched to fix minting issues!"), but new features or big nerfs to existing features like (cough) fuel production (cough, cough) seem particularly hard to swallow during a season. Is there any thought to moving feature patches to Season Boundaries? This would also create hype to jump into the next season if we get updates like, "Coming for Season 3: Arena leaderboards and ranking go live Day 1! And don't miss the new Overworld combat system. Also, MEGACITIES!"

blissful current
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#Development It was planned to have a limited number of Illuvials in the Overworld to emphasize the value of the first release. If this is still the case, how is the process being managed? And will there be an option to view the number of uncaught Illuvials of different types? If the plan has changed, what is the new approach?

loud chasm
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#Marketing

  • What are your thoughts on the current airdrop system and the cost per player acquisition? Do you think Illuvium is achieving its desired DAU (Daily Active Users) and Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)?
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#Development

  • What are your thoughts on the randomized missions we receive daily and weekly? Do you think they are intended to make the airdrop system more RNG-based than a competitive scenario? Wouldn't it be better to have a fairer system, with rules ensuring everyone starts at the same time and receives the same amount of points?
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#Feedback

  • Have you ever considered implementing a hiatus of 7 to 15 days at the end of each season to give the team and players time to gather information and prepare for the next season?
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#Development / #Economy

  • Has the team ever considered introducing "non-NFT" items instead of thousands of low-value items that require constant micromanagement?
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#Economy

  • Considering the recent drop in ILZ land prices, do you think regaining the trust of OGs and landowners with more utility is a priority? How do you plan to manage the balance between low-budget players, investors, and whales without harming the ecosystem and ensuring its growth?
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#Economy

  • Why do lands (and more expensive NFTs in ILV) tend to be described more as future and perceived value rather than concrete value? This perception seems subject to arbitrary changes, such as the 75% nerf for landowners. I understand we can't have an economy with only extractors, but wouldn't it be better to have a more concrete description of what investors are putting their money into?
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#Roadmap

  • Do you have a date for the next land sale?
main ginkgo
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#Team

  • Tell us about the state of the Illuvium Labs team. Did the recent attacks on the project and the overall negative sentiment bring everyone together? How did you address it internally? Rank the current team productivity on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the most productive to date.

#Community

  • There is a lot of negative sentiment in the community due to low DAU and overall crypto market dynamics. During these times, the general theme is that the team is doing everything wrong and the community has all the answers. We all want the same thing, an awesome game that blows up. During difficult times, how can the community best help the team and the project from your perspective?
hoary haven
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#Misc Who won the tier 2 land plot in the raffle at the end of that gauntlet tournament?

static cloak
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#Economy
There have been many, many #1020759212172775464 about the current economic model of fuel and its impact on asset volatility / demand degrowth. It is clear from the community that the current system has fundamental problems, but there isn't a clear solution either. Besides increasing demand, how does the team intend to address the fuel situation?

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Also, thanks @rapid apex for organizing this. It is badly needed, and greatly appreciated.

digital star
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**#Development: **

Wen Minting Issue Fix?
Wen Gauntlet Ranked / Leviathan Ranked?
Wen Leaderboard?
Wen Missions Tab Reset?
Wen Team Fully Back from Vacation?
Wen Consistent Tournament Events?
Wen Rangers Spawning All Together in Sanctum Mesa w/ Proximity Voice Chat?

**#Feedback: **
Have the back-end option and availability to disable augments in arena/gauntlet that are bugged so they wont show up anymore until they are fixed/enabled again. These should be disabled immediately by someone once the bug is found.

Leviathan Gauntlet Ranked + Casual Gauntlet Ranked

Add:
Priority and Secondary for "favorited" illuvials to be first shown when choosing that specific illuvial from the gauntlet shop, instead of it automatically choosing your highest lvl illuvial.
So we choose which of our specific stat illuvials we actually want to be in the gauntlet.
(if we can do this within the game without going out to a website, that would be more interesting perhaps)

Than, tournaments for qualified players who make certain ranked divisions like Gold and Diamond if those are the top 2 ranks.

Add the emotes in Gauntlet.
Put chat in gauntlet, including VOICE CHAT. Voice Chat in gauntlet can have option of muting player.
Voice Chat is only active to the player youre playing against, not all 8 can hear at same time, only the player youre fighting.
(we need these things for content and engagement)

Of course milestone/reward points for Gauntlet as well.
If anything, we can do competitive rewards for tournaments, which dont necessarily have to be milestone events, more so get reward for being skilled in winning or placing in tournaments.

Competitive play should be the priority, also prioritize getting rangers together spawning in sanctum mesa, running around, voice proximity (w/ option to mute), this will bring engagement, fun, showcasing skins to other players, etc.

**DO NOT DO REROLLING STATS. **
What you find is what you get, if you want better stats, buy from the marketplace.

weak sleet
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#misc what is being done about the constantly increasing turn around times for customer support? It can take 5-15 days to get a resolution especially if follow up questions are required

digital star
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PRIORITIZE COMPETITIVE GAMEPLAY / KEEP ACTIVE

There should be Gauntlet events/tournaments AT THE LEAST once per week.
Both Casual and Leviathan.

I hope you all understand that Competitive Gameplay (Gauntlet/Arena) is THE most important to prioritize. Why?
We buy fuel to go into overworld to farm for illuvials to use in competitive and/or sell to competitive players.
Thus all aligned with Competitive Gameplay.

THUS, simple math, the more popular and active competitive modes are, aka Gauntlet/Arena, the better everything else connected to it becomes.

#feedback

mental lava
foggy junco
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#Economy What happened to the lands?
initially, the white paper stated that the lands are the only source of fuel. After their appearance, the lands were sold for 16+ ether.
people bought the lands and their price dropped significantly.
after the price dropped and the mainnet was released, you removed the condition that the lands are the only source of fuel and the DAO began to produce 95% of the fuel itself, and the land owners now compete with each other on the principle of who will set a lower price so that their fuel will be sold for pennies.
When buying lands at current prices, their payback period is 2.5 years or more.
people who bought lands at early prices will not be able to recoup the lands in 10 years, due to fuel production.

Why did you do this?
I got the impression that you are simply scamming people.
What is really going on?

merry shuttle
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#development

Why were the Beyond leaderboard rewards paused if the illuvitars were all still on the original IMX chain inside the Albums? Was it not possible to keep distributing to those wallets?

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#development (Beyond)

What features will be introduced with Beyond Wave 3? -three subquestions:

Will we have Wallet 2FA integration?

Will there be Collection rewards and their implementation in-game (Including Battleboards, Emotes, Drone Attacks)?

Will leaderboard rewards resume with the coming of wave 3? If that is the case, this may feel like an underhanded trick to some who got top 100 previously, and now will have to spend on wave three again to get the rewards they were already promised.

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#Roadmap

Wen beyond wave 3?

rapid apex
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@hexed coral @foggy junco please take this conversation to #🎮〕illuvium-zero as this thread is only for questions

subtle remnant
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#development

Now that open beta has started and you’ve received feedback on any current issues, what can we expect Illuvium to look like when it exits beta?

What will the core features be and what are the main economy and game design issues to fix to get there?

rough latch
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#Roadmap / #Economy

When they are deciding when to drop Beyond wave 3, are they considering current game sentiment and the amount of active players? Or is the decision only based on the wallet changes that they are working on?

digital star
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#Feedback

Burn Illuvial and transfer the XP onto another Illuvial!

This is much better than stat re-roll as stat reroll is pay to cheat.
But this other way, you technically are paying the player that farmed in overworld, it helps with scarcity, helps the marketplace of all sorts of illuvials.

rough latch
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#Roadmap
Many people want multiplayer for Overworld, but there is no reason to have multiplayer for overworld yet. We have heard talks about quests, raids and battle royal type of gameplays. Could we perhaps have a roadmap or visionboard before years end of which direction we are heading for the coming 2-3 years?

ebon osprey
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What’s the future look like with IMX? Users have experienced alot of on chain issues that can easily turn away new and existing users stunting adoption

civic pumice
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#roadmap Does the team plan to build and support a Tourney Platform or is that something we as a Community should take up?

hexed coral
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#Development
The latest patch caused gameplay bugs in regular ranked ascendent mode (i.e. errors happening when upgrading illuvials. Teams not loading making ranked gameplay inaccessible for some players). Can we please implement better gameplay testing before deploying updates?

#Roadmap
Are we going to stick to this existing model of portal arena based gameplay to capture illuvials once Illuvail Combat is introduced?

**If no, what will the new model of capturing Illuvials be like?
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If we are sticking to the existing system, can we increase the number of Etheral illuvials that spawn in Stage 0-1 runs so that it is more challenging to players and grants more XP. The current system does not provide enough challenge and makes the strategy gameplay too boring. The current fights in Stage 0-1 also do not provide enough XP.

fiery dock
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just one question... is the team going to troll us this season?

viscid garden
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#Economy #Community What are the numbers for Daily Active Players since mainnet launch? And are you happy with revenue?

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#Development #Feedback Before mainnet launch Kieran said the next big goal would be a new game. I feel it is better to focus on improving what we have before that. My personal opinion is: Zero is in bad shape; Overworld is good, but it doesn't feel like a finished product; Never played Arena; There are ways to give Illuvials more utility before thinking about a new game;

livid hazel
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#Economy

How many Illuvials will one need for the kart racer and if only one, how will this affect price / demand of illuvials caught in overworld so far.

If an entire kart full, how do we avoid the Kart racer being another play to win experience.

What is the best strategy for creating a kart racer that can monetise players in a healthy way

blazing plume
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4 Games including beyond (marketing and pitched as a game)

Which game in your opinion is the killer game?

rapid apex
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Appreciate the feedback, let's keep this thread stritctly for questions

@digital star @livid hazel @raw jolt

rapid apex
rapid apex
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Can you please split these questions up to people are able to upvote the specific questions they like

short apex
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From @gray osprey

#Marketing
Q-a) How do you plan to attract more players to Illuvium, especially given the lower-than-expected player numbers?

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Q-b) What specific strategies are being employed to improve retention rates and reach the goal of 100,000 players?

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#Community
Q-a) What steps are being taken to rebuild trust with early adopters and landholders who feel penalized by recent changes?

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Q-b) How do you intend to make land ownership profitable again for early adopters and smaller landholders?

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Q-c) What steps are being taken to improve communication with the community and maintain transparency around development progress and decision-making?

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Q-b) How do you intend to keep stakeholders, including players and landholders, regularly informed and engaged?

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#Development
Q-a) What improvements are planned to make Illuvium more engaging, fun, and interactive, especially given the criticism of its single-player nature and empty world?

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Q-b) What are your plans to improve the onboarding process and address issues related to the Immutable Passport wallet?

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Q-c) How soon can we expect the integration of credit card payments and other enhancements to simplify the user experience?

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#Feedback
Q-a) How are you incorporating feedback from the community, especially in light of negative reviews regarding gameplay and other concerns?

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Q-b) Is there a structured feedback loop in place to continually improve the game based on player input?

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#Partnerships
Are there any plans to form strategic partnerships or collaborations that could help increase visibility, attract new players, or provide additional utility for in-game assets?

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#MISC
Financial Sustainability:
Q-a) How are you addressing concerns about the team's scattered focus and the grand vision of multiple game modes and apps?

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Q-b) What specific measures are being taken to ensure that core elements of the game are refined before expanding further?

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Risk Management:
Q-a) How do you plan to manage the current risks, such as the low player base, financial runway, and potential exits by early users?

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Q-b) What is your contingency plan if player numbers and revenue do not meet expectations in the coming months?

versed crystal
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#Economy One of the main advantages of a Mega City was no need to build a Nexus on every plot as an example, a big time saver when you are talking a few key buildings. Having to do this have meant a truck load of unnecessary resurces/time has been spent.

Will Mega Citys be compensated for this loss and if so are you able to share how. IF no compensation is planned could you provide the reasoning as to why. Thank you

muted gale
rapid apex
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Can you please split these up individually to allow community members to upvote the specific questions they value

astral tendon
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#Roadmap
A bit disappointed in the AMA with Scoriox & Sam. It isn't like you can "study" for an AMA. Just in this forum, there are dozens of questions on a wide range of topics. But I didn't see a leader. I didn't see a CEO. The whole vibe was more like a parent frustrated by their several rowdy children after coming home from their 12 hour shift. ("There are so many charts ...")

I'd like to know what he works on. What's coming down the road, man? When you are in the office, what are the three parts of this project that absolutely, positively must be delivered before the end of the year? Which rocks are you pushing up this hill? Which ones get you excited enough to come back to the office and grind away the next 12 hour shift?

P.S. I don't want to hear "when the market turns around," or "when we get to 100,000 players." I'm able to imagine those things, myself. In the here-and-now, what are your "Top 3" or "Top 5" things as a CEO that you are whipping into shape?

delicate kelp
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#TEAM someone posted a much viewed youtube in a very negative manner talking about (amongst other things) the inexperience of the founders. That is no secret, they are new in the space but very ambitious. That said Kieran said they hired a head developer for Zero with 10 years mobile gaming experience. Now there was again a job offering for I think the same position. What happened there?

livid hazel
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  1. What are the specific 'Fair Play Guidelines' that rangers are to follow to ensure they are not flagged as 'cheaters'? I know a lot of people had the funds voided and even some completely banned and they feel very cheated and confused because no one can say what they did exactly. Multiple mods were saying multiple accounts is fine but then that is apparently not allowed and caused for penalty. Very confusing and just seems so simple (and pertinent) to have these guidelines and rules posted for everyone to refer to. Apparently it may not be posted because people could tweak bots to abide by them but isn't the main thing that constitutes cheating is to use bots? What is the protocol/system in place to detect bots, and has it been improved/fixed so that it doesn't flag normal human players? (I believe that was the main issue causing players to be mistakenly flagged as bots last season - please correct me on all accounts).
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  1. I am sure there is a specific reason... but why can't the fuel sales/purchases just be based on a truly free market? I struggle to sell fuel at the absolute lowest amount possible for days and would like to be able to just sell it almost immediately even if it's cents on the dollars - I assume just not enough demand for the fuel right now? The current system just seems so complicated so I assume that's the issue. Doesn't make much sense to invest time or money into a plot to craft fuel that can't be sold... if the overall issue is supply still exceeding demand - do you have specific and quantifiable strategies to increase the demand of fuel?
versed crystal
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@uneven basalt Thank you Kieran specifically relating to the salary. the hours and what it all equates to I feel very grateful for the insane commitment,. working a kitchen 70+ hours I can earn 4k massive value thank you. 14k ILv again massive but not the first time. Aaron never realized its been 3 months again massive thankyou. Listening about the teams total commitment to illuvium is massive inspiring. super frank questions in this last ama have helped clear the air for myself anyway. Also want to say sorry as id been complaining about my Mega delay which is incorrect on my behalf.

livid hazel
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  1. Where can rangers (especially new ones that are just coming into the world of ILV and want to learn) find specific information about the games? There are literally hundreds of questions that are asked to mods daily that could just be answered in a written guideline/ so that players can refer to it when information is needed. Essentially like Illuvidata, but for extremely basic information - the information that is literally coded in the Illuvials, augments, etc. I noticed some of the augment's verbiage changed and was updated, that is helpful. I think an inclusive guideline of ALL the information would be so helpful for everyone. There used to be a Medium doctrine of sorts but it doesn't seem to be updated last time I checked. The overall lack of communication to the users seems to be negatively affecting the growth/adoption. Have you considered hiring a person that would be responsible for posting/communicating all protocols/systems - not a community manager (Rich is the man), but a 'systems manager' responsible for communicating all regulations/information/data to the community and ensuring that no hiccups like the seasons airdrops occurs again.
ember salmon
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Beyond fixes, wave 3 date and payment of rewards, and past wave rewards

blazing wharf
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What are the 3 main lessons learned from 3 years of dev + launch to adjust and move forward?

Will there be multi-player OW within the next 6 months?

Will Zero have additional game elements (competitive, game within game, etc) within the next 6 months?

Will fuel production be increased for zero or any other consideration from the -75% fuel nerf?

What is being done to make the onboarding process easier, smoother, less complicated for new users?

When will landowners be able to use their own fuel for OW?

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If Labs cannot generate revenue and runway shortens would there be consideration to sell Illuvium to a larger game developer?

viscid garden
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#Development #Roadmap #Marketing ... Where is the lore? One video and a few pieces of audio to be found around the areas of Overworld is just too little, so Where is the lore?

modest dome
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#Development: Is work still being done on optimisation? I’m sure that most of the people who try the game see it either doesn’t run, or it runs very poorly on their computer and just quit and never come back. Also is Xbox and PlayStation availability coming? Need to be able to reach more players.

#Development: Will the game be translated to other languages? It wouldn’t be that complex if you utilize AI software on doing these translations. The more languages available the more accessible it is to more people

#Development: When is illuvuial combat coming in overworld? When is multiplayer coming in the overworld? Is gaulent going to be worked on more so it can actually be a competitor to TFT?

#development: When is arena coming to mobile?

candid laurel
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#Development The bar is extremely high for web2 gamers, they are spoilt for choice. In addition the negative stigma around web3 games already is a barrier. How do you plan to make the game truly fun for legit gamers?

manic hill
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#economy

When will the fuel production be increased for land owners, the patch that decreased each plots production by 4x was a severe action that has had a dramatic impact on the land value and the reason to own it. Fuel prices have not increased. I personally bought the land to fuel me and my 8 year old sons trips to the overworld to catch Illuvial's. But I also bought the land to make some passive income while enjoying building up my land. So this change has really concerned me. This game needs to make retail investors money too, not just seed investors.

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#economy

Why does IZ sell coins with google pay to speed up build times, shouldn't there be another metric tied to this that feeds the economy?

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#economy

When will land holders be the only source of fuel to the marketplace, not just a measly 5% of the supply?

violet coyote
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Also if you wanna win a squizz emote and 15$ in fuel

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Kieran will choose winning questions

thorn latch
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@manic hill
I couldn't agree with you more. I've seen many angry, frustrated landowners give up & list their land for sale. I was under the impression you could make a bit of passive income at some point & have fun farming your land. Now it's extremely frustrating and I can't generate enough fuel to keep needed items upgraded on my T1 plot. I am a widow now on social security and it would be nice to have the plants give coins once again when you cleared them instead of resources because it jams up my storage facilities instead of helping me. I can't do most of the missions, as well, to earn points because they're unattainable with one fuel resource and completely full storage, not to mention extremely snailpaced fuel production to get needed upgrades completed.

rapid apex
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Please keep this thread for strictly sharing questions.

Other channels can be used for more thorough discussions

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Btw amazing stuff, I've currently curated a list of 61 questions. Will be aiming to get through as many as possible.

The focus does seem to lean heavily on Development and Roadmap

livid heart
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#Development: Most games have an "endgame loop", ie endgame raids for WoW etc.... what is the endgame loop of illuvium? What do players that "have it all" keep playing overworld for? Wouldn't this be an extremely high priority to drive additional revenue into the project?

fierce moat
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#Development

How will Overworld look in 1 year?

shy ginkgo
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#Economy
When will silv2 have also bonuses for fuel purchase as eth?

long field
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#Economy #Metrics

It’s crucial to have data on the number of players engaging with Illuvium games and the revenue generated by each (ILZ, Overworld, Beyond, merch store).

Could you provide this information?

These metrics are vital for a clear understanding of Illuvium’s products and informed decision-making. In business, success depends not on strength, but on adapting to change.

With the data, I can analyze and extract insights to benefit both the community and investors.

If you're unaware of my passion for data analysis, you're in for a surprise.

In the context of a Web3 video game company using blockchain and NFTs, metrics become even more crucial:

Data-Driven Decisions: Metrics help track blockchain transactions, player activity, and NFT exchanges, providing key insights for optimizing business strategies and enhancing the user experience.

Continuous Improvement: Blockchain enables real-time tracking of player retention and active wallets, allowing for precise adjustments to gameplay and rewards.

Building Trust: Metrics communicate the game's health—user growth, transaction volumes, NFT rarity—building trust with players, investors, and creators while driving long-term collaboration.

In Summary: Metrics are strategic tools for governing a decentralized ecosystem. They allow companies to track the game's economy, community engagement, and financial health, ensuring success in the blockchain environment.

hallow spoke
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#Economy
Can we stop manipulating the fuel production values and let the market naturally do price discovery like a free market? And when do you expect to revert the 75% fuel nerf?

drowsy lagoon
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#Development
Do you think it is acceptable to have a bunch of broken augments when it completely breaks every arena game mode (survival, ascendant, gauntlet)? Just to explain the current state - some illuvials with certain augment can deal over a million damage in a single round. I'm reporting all of these for 10 days and looks like no action has been taken. Usually it takes few hours for gaming companies to fix sth gamebreaking like this, sometimes minutes. Illuvium has a lot of people on the team is there are no one to take quick action in situation like this?

rain cloak
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#Feedback

Have you thought about a custom map engine editor such as the one in Warcraft 3 and what ex-blizzard devs are currently building for their new RTS Stormgate? It can add alot of community generated content to keep the games live for decades. How long and how much resources would that take to build and do you think it's something Illuvium ecosystem will benefit from?

hallow spoke
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pretty sure it doesn't

stone ember
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#Development

When can an "Invite player" button be implemented for Gauntlet?

The invitation could be triggered when players are in Overworld and can flash across the screen. This feature could be toggled on or off.

Is this a possibility?

blazing wharf
scenic path
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Consider extending seasons to be 3-4 months with one or two weeks breaks? This will assure the season rewards to be in-sync with vesting period and just give ppl time to touch grass. This will also give a break to the team and they can finalise the rewards outcome, updates/patches, reconsider things.
I think 1 months season without breaks is too much preasure to players..

livid hazel
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I am assuming that supply of fuel still exceeds the demand for it.... can you share the exact metrics - How much fuel is purchased daily? How much is sold? (I'd assume it's the same, but considering how the 'market pricing' is working out and how long it takes to sell fuel at the lowest possible price I really don't know how exactly it's being calculated/tracked. Most important part of the question though is just how much fuel is actually being purchased daily.... it seems like almost nothing- one could just save money by buying the Illuvials and weapons needed to compete in Arena and save a lot of money instead of trying to capture/forge them in OW. What is the specific plan to increase demand? Imo, OW isn't that much fun in itself - I'd imagine the most popular game is Arena - have we thought about maybe creating away for Arena to cost fuel to play or maybe as an option to bet fuel in an Arena match? I just don't see the OW fuel demand catching up to the supply of the fuel that landowners are producing with the current model.

weak sleet
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#misc

Now that land owners can transfer fuel direct to their wallets, can you tell us how it works? Is there still a 19x multiplier or is it just a direct transfer 1 to 1

rapid apex
balmy oxide
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#Development & #roadmap

  • OW aspects/time frame for community/team building. Such as multiplayer, raids, maybe palword fighting(if its a thing even). Talks about the above in chat are happening, but I am not sure what the plan is exactly. Can we get more details on the above?

#Community & #Team

  • seems like more communication is needed from what I can tell in the chats. What is the reason for not having announcements for seasons/airdrops etc?
    Can we have a 2nd type of channel where people have to turn on notifications, instead of turning off, but has more announcements in?

#Feedback

  • Zero: can we get something to able to cancel building from the building it self? And be able to see what is cost to produce/upgrade while a building is currently doing the “thing”? (like producing/scanning/ etc)
  • Ow- will dying have some kind of loss/aspect that gives meaning to it?
    -ARENA: i wanted to add this. Is there going to be something that well help players learn Arena fighting? I mainly just watch right now because i suck at TFT games and do not know how to build a good team. or if in gauntlet build teams on the fly.
empty canopy
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Attract F2P player to get more paid player

In my opinion the success of the game will depend on how many F2P we got new and turn them
into paying player.

I think one key driver could be Overworld in the future.

Since not everybody is first spending some money to test out the game I'd like
to ask the following:

What are the future plans to attract web2 or web3 player to get a bigger player base and through
that a bigger paying player base as well.

civic pumice
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  1. Explain how Fuel Transfer to Self Works ( Does this still sell 19 fuel on the Market ) , 2 ) Ranked Rewards for Ascendant and Levithan Game modes soon?
livid hazel
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Can we get updated verbiage on some of the augments/info on Illuvials and such for Arena? I don't know what some of them even mean... one says something to the affect of 'Critical attacks gain 3 stacking attack'. I assume that means attack damage but I don't know - then all of the bugs make me wonder what is a bug/not working and what I just don't understand the verbiage of. Please please please provide some specific clarity with this info, and all of the questions that get asked and all of the data throughout the games in general.

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In general for the townhall... PLEASE ask questions that require specific/quantifiable answers, aka numbers. I can only speak for myself, but I am more interested in answers that have specific numbers and measurable information. I don't care about the general plans, hopes, some disgruntled employees, any other web3 game, any vague ideas of how to get more players. I need specific answers that can be verified. Thank you.

rapid apex
manic hill