Hello, Pilots!

@elindos recently put out a blog article talking about future updates today, we will go over my favorite parts of it in the News section but I highly recommend reading the full thing for yourself here:

https://peakd.com/hivegaming/@elindos/exode-will-soon-deploy-its-advanced-gameplay-and-player-made-nfts

📰News:

Update Roadmap

Alpha 4 is set to release on September 9. "This step will add teams, team synergy and experience, research projects NFTs and more!"

Alpha 'Final Round' will release on September 23. "It will add card cooldowns, unlock multigames and add some colony market features. We'll get as far as we get depending on development constraints."

All Alpha rewards will be distributed before the final round. "EXOFUEL, Settler experience and alpha boosters to be distributed depending on participation to previous content. We will check rewards for every account, and check XP to send for past alpha challenges!"

Pre-access to Beta will also be deployed during September, although we did not get a specific date. This will be an account-specific amount of reserved Beta packs that you can purchase based on your Settler Level and collection power. EXODE is taking the Synergy of Serra route where the price of Beta packs will increase as more are sold.

NFTs

Research Projects in EXODE are now becoming NFTs. Once you research a project during a game, it becomes your own game NFT and you can trade your results with other players on the colony market.

@elindos gave a good explanation of how the in-game NFTs will function:

Let's explain again this EXODE unique system with game NFTs, one of severals, as this is a very important aspect of the game and its economy.
-When you use a collection NFT (one of your cards) you lock it to your game.
-You will recover this card once a game ends.
-When you do, you get some XP on it to improve it further.
-XP, improvement and rewards will depend on your game duration.
-These rewards are what we call Legacy Rewards.
The longer and better your game is, the more rewards you will unlock as you unlock more "reward tables" thanks to your game activity.
Legacy rewards improve your collection NFTs.
And collection NFTs are the most valuable permanent thing, the starting firepower of every game.

@elindos on unique NFTs:

We have identified while experiencing other games that a key to asset valuation is having every single asset proposing something unique. And by that I mean that this was part of EXODE concept but we haven't seen that really used much elsewhere. The lack of it leads to an issue which we will detail further. When you don't do that players will compete with each other to sell the exact same thing. This makes "price" the only factor. When all assets are identical to each other, usually supply goes up and up until it largely exceeds demand, especially as some players become autonomous in it and no longer need it. Then market competition in turn destroys an asset value, sometimes even very quickly. Lack of game layers or PVE accelerates it even further. And not only will your ROI go out of the window, but also all current valuation.

Player-Made Content

Personally I love the idea of player-made NFTs, and as I mentioned in 🍉 [MELN] Weekly EXODE Wrap-Up #35, you can expect to see some 🍉 [MELN] branded buildings in the future.

@elindos on player-made NFTs:

But just as players rely on 2325 technology (and cards) to deploy and survive, colonies will also mature and players will also rely more on player-made content to continue. Player made content does not replace "collection content" and is actually boosted by it in new games.
Player-made content will also include weapons, ammunition, ship parts, ships, market nodes, maybe even a player station someday. The collection, in a way, is just the beginning of your uniqueness, there will be plenty of other niches thanks to a multilayered environment, an asymetric PVE vs an unknown, overpowered alien faction. And we have only scratched the surface of our EXODE lore and what happens to every faction in the new world.
The player made economy is even stronger thanks to planet uniqueness and resource invention (as you "design" your own resources), making every planet its own niche of collector resources with limited reserves.
As we add rarity to research (you can discover Common, Rare, Epic or Legendary versions of every tech) we'll also give licensing options and full trading options to it.

🎁Giveaway:

This week, 3 different people have a chance of winning:

1x Narco-Warfare

This card is similar to the Syndicate Chip, in that it has the ability to grant your crew extra skills. Anyone equipped with this will gain extra points in the Cover and Shooting skills. Unfortunately, it also comes with a downside, turning your equipped crewmember into a "Narcophile", which is EXODE's classier way of saying "Drug Addict". We have yet to see how this will affect your crew, but I doubt it's good.

🎉Previous Winners:

Congratulations @bfc4exode, @amaillo, and @eyebroo. You have been sent Syndicate Auto-Blaster # 96d8a5196e1e87565ea9617c35b6cb63, # bd0df5677cd36b07745112986f8d274f, and # b70e49ae5884b04000513999987bbbe6 respectively.

My favorite comment came from @blitzzzz:

I think what I like the most about Exode is the artwork, followed by the lore behind every single card/ability/faction/ ... you get the idea. I do like such detail as it makes the entire world more immersive (if one bothers to actually read).
I love the music/sound effects too, although that could be personal bias as that music brings back memories of when I first started playing Starcraft.
That being so, the entire game with all it's different stats/abilities/and the like, is proving to be rather intimidating to any casual player. Perhaps a "game advisor" for every action you take in the game which can be toggled on/off, much like those used in the Civilization series?

You have been sent Ayumi # 141ca073769c06246c68085e2763df14

➡️How To Enter:

1. Upvote this post
2. Reblog this post
3. Comment which upcoming feature you're most excited for and any suggestions you may have for @elindos.

The winners will be chosen by random on Monday, August 29.

As usual, I will be tipping comments with #hivepizza!

I will also be giving a 'SurPRIZE' to my favorite comment(s).

EXODE is a real-time strategy space colonization game here on the Hive Blockchain. If you still have not bought your starter pack and signed up, use this Referral Code(c956af8) and you'll also receive 2 free Alpha Booster Packs with 5 NFT cards each and a free Epic Alpha Character. For more information and links, check out the developer's page, @elindos and this post by 🍉 [MELN] Head Scientist @proto26. Join the EXODE Discord Server!