What if every Ranked Gauntlet game cost Fuel to enter and Rewarded the Winners?

[solemn pond]

tldr: All 8 battlers pay $1-2 worth of fuel to enter the arena, the winners (1st, 2nd & 3rd) walk away with e.g $8, $4, $2, $2 (1st gets 4x back, 2nd gets 2x back and 3rd & 4th basically get cost back).. numbers here are just an example, but you get the idea (cost should be very low).

This would make the arena so much more exciting.. it will have the following benefits:
A) More people would want to play arena to have the chance to win $$ every game (just look at how many ppl show up to tournies vs. regular everyday gaming)
b) It won't cost the treasury anything
C) It will act as a fuel sink, helping LAND value go uppp ^^
D) It'll give more purpose to Zero and drive people to make fuel to sell it

Bonus idea: there's a grand monthly tournament day where cost and rewards are 10x inviting the best of the best to compete and win.

Also this is my first week playing so

[obtuse hornet]

i would add a small fee to the DAO (1-5%). Like the idea.

[mighty relic]

A Sit&GO (SNG) format like this would be amazing

I believe its important to keep a free ranked mode though, so i would see this as a separate mode

This is something i tried to push for in epoch 8 on the gaming sub council when exploring levitathan options but i believe there are legal issues with this

[wooden lark]

Besides the legal issues, maybe this can work as a Friday/Saturday weekend event?

[mighty relic]

If its possible we should always have it. This model would be really fun for the players and bring it another stream of revenue

[bronze prawn]

My bank already taxes me when i put money on illuvium as for a gambling platform

[bronze prawn]

Yeah, a free one must be there because otherwise i would go bankrupt

[wooden lark]

Not sure everyone will wanna partake in that, some players will just want to play for fun.

[mighty relic]

Of course but i dont see any downside having both modes open all the time

[marsh meteor]

it's ok if we have a large enough playerbase.

[wooden lark]

Yep, that.

[rare dirge]

I hate the idea of forcing gauntlet players to pay unless it’s specifically for a tournament where to opt in you have to pay

[wooden lark]

Yeah that's why I think this would work better if its ever possible, as a timed/weekend event in a separate queue than ranked. Having it on all the times just feels weird imo.

[mighty relic]

You are not forcing anyone, it wouldnt replace free or gauntlet. Simply a separate mode

[rare dirge]

I think added a separate mode just makes ranked have even less potential players and spreads out the community even more, no?

[formal shore]

To begin with I agree with this too.
I think we should start small/simple and expand with the player base.

[mighty relic]

Yes agree, the game didnt even start yet, this would be something to consider down the line if possible

[solemn pond]

You can still have the casual model for that