RAGNAROK AMA IS LIVE!
RAGNAROK!
AMA
WE CAN FEEL IT IN THE AIR TONIGHT OH VALHALLA!
HAPPY NEW YEAR, HIVERS!
Ragnarok wants to come to life, and this time a year will hold a great significance to those battling out in Ragnarok. There will be those that taste the sweetest taste of victory, claiming the spoils. Then there will be those that only know the sweet taste of a glorious death and a VIP ticket to Valhalla. The feeling of winning or bubbling a poker tournament will ring very familiar.
Welcome Hivers to Ragnarok Core's first AMA! This post is dedicated to you! Please ask any questions you have about Ragnarok.
Ragnarok is an open-source, cutting-edge NFT play2earn game being dropped freely to all Hivers. The game's goal is to create a community-run and governed game with sustainable tokenomics that create permanent positive feedback loops. Ragnarok wants to be a big sink for HIVE via HBD and will utilize novel DEFI protocols to take play2earn gaming to the next level. There is no premint, sale, or insider access of any kind, the only way to get the NFTs is to hodl HIVE (HP included) on Jan 6th, 2022!
Announcment post: https://hive.blog/hive-131619/@ragnarok.game/ragnarok-is-upon-us
Game Design Document: https://hive.blog/hive-131619/@ragnarok.game/ragnarok-game-design-document
Alas! Let the questions rain in! We will be giving out free HBD to a handful of participants in this AMA!
Hi
Im new here
Weclome! Did you have a question about Ragnarok?
Will there be an affiliate program? :)
This is a very good question! I would love to know more about this too.
Ragnarok core cannot make and sustain one because we are not making any profit, and there is no premint/premine of any kind to pay out affiliates. However, there will be a Ragnarok DAO that NFT holders can vote on, and if someone wanted to direct some HBD from the DAO to pay out affiliates, that is theoretically possible. This is an open-source, governance-run project, so anything is possible.
I and most other people hate promo codes and affiliate links, keep that out of HIVE. Affiliate links equate to scam and pyramid schemes. If this game is 1/2 as good as it sounds, the masses will flock. Affiliate programs are a HUGE TURNOFF, just stop with that
Interesting opinion. I don't agree.
run a poll to your users on DPoll and see what people think
When is the game expected to go live?
The promo sounds amazing and it's going to be tough going to figure out the gameplay which I live to hear. So many games are boring to play that I'm looking forward to one with a real challenge.
There is some good news here. The game has been in the works for the better part of a year now. The game mechanics are about 80% done, albeit that last 10% usually takes longer. The art is about 80% done for the Norse Mythology set. We are not here to be pretty, we will push out a test net that may not look pretty but will show core gameplay.
We don't do timelines, but we can use the most powerful word in crypto, "soon."
How will you be able to claim your airdrops and how many NFTs do you think will be dropped from the current HIVE/HIVE POWER holdiings?
We are looking at around a 33million total NFTs. This does not include spells. So you are looking at roughly 1 NFT for every 10 HIVE. But, it could be 3 million total which would be 1 nft per 100 hive. This is roughly, HIVE circulating supply is closer to 400m. But the important part here is no matter the total amount, it will be 100% freely dropped to Hivers, and the unclaimed goes back into the game to be fairly battled over every year until the cap is reached. Then the SIP should be big enough to make yearly payouts lucrative. #GameTheory
Will that be confirmed before the airdrop?
We are comfortable saying it will be between 3.3 million to 33million total NFTs, excluding spells that are in-game mineable only.
Ok cheers!
No exchanges are getting these drops, right?
Could see a large sell off if so
any mechanics about to distribute them? Like x% goes to the great tournament or some for monthly ones?
Or is it a bit random?
What will happen during and after the snapshot? Do we have to do anything to claim the NFTs?
BEFORE Snapshot: Get all your HIVE/HP into YOUR account! The snapshot will be based on those wallet amounts, and come claim time, you will need the posting key from that account.
DURING Snapshot: If you did the above, grab a beer, kick back and relax.
POST Snapshot: Stay tuned to this account for details on how to claim. The claim will be long, and the heads-up to claim will be long. No panic, all chill.
Can I sell my hive after the snapshot day?
Will there be any issues claiming my nfts if I dont have the same amount of hive when I click claim?
I was going to convert hbd to hive before snapshot, then the day after snapshot back into hbd.
Do we get airdropped any beer?
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Ragnarok is a story of a famous, engulfing final war in Norse Mythology between Gods and Titans, resulting in the end of the world.
Ancient Mythology is cool. Ragnarok, a tale as old as time, has been tainted. The tale has been neutered, tamed, and overall changed from its original glory. We intend to bring you the real Ragnarok, alongside all of the REAL ancient mythology stories. Cross-Mythology-Communication
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What's happening here?
Did your mind just get blown by the concept that polytheism exists?
Didn't you watch game of thrones?
All hail the Lord of Light.
Giggity.
mind blown , G.O.T. to Family Guy, too much to process !
May the odds be ever in your favor.
oh snap, no mind left to be blown !
Hi! Can what is the least specifications for the game. Can 2GB RAM phone play the game?
Yes. The game is both mobile and PC. If you can play digital collectible card games, you can play Ragnarok. 2GB would be on the lower side but still acceptable. We want to make it easier to run than hearthstone resource-wise, most games use a lot of unnecessary jazz that hogs your resources.
How much is the Min amount of Hive to hold for at least 1 NFT ?
The rough estimate will be between 17-170'ish Hive per NFT on the safe side, but this is not set in stone and could be changed at any time. If you want to take part, we recommend getting all the Hive you have access to in a wallet you control. With that said, we do understand some may have many wallets with HP that are less than the claim requirement for 1 NFT. If possible, we will allow stacking posting keys or some technical workaround to help people in that situation. We recommend consolidating any low-balance wallets you have into one wallet to be safe.
ok that's great. I was just worried that my 1k HP isn't going to be enough for 1 NFT :D
it is possibly 1 NFT per 10 to 100 HIVE range. So you are good to get a few.
Will there be any alpha playtesting available to the public before going live?
There will be a one-year public test net, simulating an entire tournament, before Ragnarok can be eligible to be voted on to go live.
So the game itself isnt going live for a year?
When public beta and will there be any explicit beta tester rewards/NFT's that will be limited to that time period alone?
Yes! There will be rewards for those that participate in the public test net. We will also offer bug bounties for any bugs found during the initial testing phase.
sounds good!
Where can we attended this AMA?
You are here, its not a video call AMA. I know, were too spoiled as HIVERS lol
Hi, thanks for your assistance.
Hi! Ask away!
Thank you very much I am currently going through the game overview now! Is there is any part of it I need clarity I will drop the questions here if that’s OK.
a drop of few more cards art? 😂
haha! but of course! You will see the Aesir Border before the claim drop. The rest, well you'll have to wait to see what you get!
Happy new year Ragnarok team this is my question.
Are crypto exchangers going to be eligible for the airdrop? Is the game going to be just Hive focused or do you have plans to present it in other chains? Cheers!
All Hive wallets, excluding the Hive DAO wallet (fingers are a requirement for claiming!) - So yes, exchanges can claim on behalf of their users. But I would not trust an exchange to claim! Please, if possible, get your HIVE into YOUR account that you have control of the keys!
Should not allow exchanges to claim, that's a lot of dumping the can do and your team will potentially be blamed for giving exchanges huge amounts of supply they can and will dump driving prices down.
This is a huge oversight that should not be ignored that can ruin your projects reputation
Can I play the game on my laptop or phone or both? Thanks & good luck rolling this beast out guys! Cannot wait :)
Phone, laptop, on the toliet, off the toilet, on a boat, through a moat... I forgot where I was going with this.
Maybe something like this:
Just anywhere you want as long as there is internet…
Namaste 🙏
My question are
Hive liquid ammount and hive power both will count in snapshot or only HP or HP hive liquid.. I have hive liquid and hp...plz
yes both
❤💕thank 💝
On a rope?
Happy New Year Ragnarok team! This will be an amazing game! I'm still curious about some things tho, thats my questions:
1 . Do we need to login into game when its out with Hive acc to claim airdrop or it will be distributed automatically ?
2 . How many ranks there will be in PvP mode?
3 . Will there be a ranking of top players and guilds ?
4 . What about guilds? Does joining or creating a guild will give us some benefits in game?
5 . Does the market for selling/buying Ragnarok NFT's gonna be released immediately at launch or later on?
6 . When Beta and Official launch of the game?
There are no dumb questions!
wow 6 questions, sips coffee
refills coffee, feels small sense of satisfaction
Nice! Thanks for solving my curiosity :)
renting and delegating Nfts possible?
How do you keep around those people who have no shot for Top100? Or is everyone in contention all the way to November or so?
Tell us more about the team working on the game?
There are a lot of questions, therefore I will write a few comments.
The team consists of 14 people right now. It fluctuates as tasks are completed and the next phases begin. If you have any technical questions or specific questions for any of the team, feel free to ask them.
Will there be an airdrop for HP delegated to other accounts?
The claim drop is for the HIVE/HP balances, so if you delegate HP, the account delegating the HP gets the claim, not the person who receives the delegation.
According to recent reports ( https://peakd.com/hive-167922/@dalz/hbd-savings-are-up-or-data-for-transfers-by-date-and-users ), there are 2.7 million HBD in savings. It is extremely difficult to swap any larger amount of HBD to Hive and then back to HBD due to lack of liquidity, so the people who are storing their wealth in the Hive blockchain (savings account) are unfortunately getting left out of the airdrop. It would be great to include them as they obviously see a bright future for the blockchain, so much so that they store their wealth in it.
It seems very easy to calculate how much each HBD should be airdropped. On Jan 6th, someone could use the HBD to Hive conversion operation of the blockchain to convert 1 HBD to Hive. After 3.5 days, however much Hive was received, then this is how much Hive one HBD is equivalent to at this point in time.
Using this simple operation, people who hold HBD in savings can be included in this and any future airdrops to Hive holders. It seems important to me to include them. And if HBD in savings goes up to tens and hundreds of millions of HBD, there won't be enough liquidity for them to convert to Hive and back to HBD in order to participate in airdrops. They'll be left out unless the project aidrops to HBD in savings also.
Seems like a minor change to include, if the snapshot already records HBD balances, should be easy to aidrop to them in addition to the Hive balances.
I'm withdrawing my HBD from savings at the moment to trade it in the inner market for Hive. I fully expect to lose quite a bit on slippage but I still think it will be worth it, though I wish I had done so sooner as I kind of expect the price to start going higher due to these airdrops (seems it already has started). It'd be cool if they could include it but it's not going to be that much of an issue if they don't.
Imagine hundreds of thousands (or millions) of HBD being sold for Hive and then the Hive being sold for HBD. How is it going to happen without enormous slippage if everyone wants to buy at the same time and then sell at the same time?
I doubt there will be millions, but even if it's over 100k it should work, it may take a while and you'll have to wait around for the market maker bots to do their thing, but there's millions of $ of daily volume on Hive/USDT on the centralized exchanges so there will definitely be market maker bots doing arbitrage providing the needed volume for the interested traders in the inner market. At least if HBD keeps being stable during all of it which we hope it does thanks to the DHF proposal and @hbd.funder rewards being used to stabilize it. Another reason as to why those are important.
Imagine Hive dropping 20% in price (quite likely after the snapshot) while you wait for days to sell back your Hive for HBD. Seems like a very big risk if you have put a lot of your wealth in HBD savings.
Imagine everyone using the convert function instead.
You can convert HBD to Hive, but then you want to exchange the Hive back to HBD because that's how you store your wealth. The HBD to Hive conversion has no fees, but the Hive to HBD conversion has a 5% fee. So a bunch of people would be stuck with a bunch of Hive that they want to sell for HBD asap, which translates to big slippage.
I get what you are saying but if anyone is so impatient they need to transact the same direction as everyone else asap, there is a chance they do not have to care about storing wealth. The same might apply to people who hodl USD. Personal opinion, I might be proven wrong when future comes. Anyway, receiving airdrops is not a human right.
couldn't you just convert it to Hive?
Only gets you half instantly and the rest after 3 days which would miss the snapshot, also costs 5% as it's mainly meant to be used when HBD is overpriced.
actually I just realized that HBD > Hive is the old way right? So no 5% fee.
It is. There is also no getting half upfront in that direction.
Oh true, my bad.
You don't get half right away on HBD->HIVE conversion. In that direction you have to wait the 3.5 days for all of it.
I don't think you'll lose that much if you are a little careful. Stabilizer buys and sells a lot without much slippage. If there was a lot of slippage it's job would be easier. Mostly the arbitrage bots won't let the market move that much (unless you do it in a very careless way like one big order far from the market).
Lucky for you there is a crypto low
HBD is a stable coin. HIVE is not. We cannot give you 1 per Hive and 1 per HBD. The only way to achieve this would be to count the price of HIVE at the time of the snapshot, then say you get x in HBD vs. the price of HIVE. So if HIVE is 2$ and HBD is 1$, you would get 1 NFT per 2 HBD.
The HIVE price fluctuates on exchanges, and we can't use any exchange for the price as it can easily be manipulated. We understand that this would be ideal to drop to both HBD and HIVE, but we just do not see a good way to do it. It would be overly complicated. If someone has an easy solution, we are definitely open to hearing a practical way to go about this for future games.
Thanks for considering it! Yes, a very simple solution would be to use the HBD to Hive conversion operation that the Hive blockchain itself has. The blockchain allows for converting HBD to Hive (also the other way around, but then there is a 5% fee). So you can use the decentralized blockchain to convert 1 HBD to Hive. The conversion operation takes 3.5 days, after which you get Hive. However much Hive you got, then this is how much Hive is equivalent to 1 HBD, as defined by the blockchain itself. The conversion operation could be started on Jan 6th, so on Jan 9th you will have the Hive and the answer of how much Hive 1 HBD is equivalent to. :)
EDIT* We have found there is no "simple" in blockchain. But we will look into this and see if it is a possibility. But we are proceeding with HIVE/HP only. Maybe for future game drops we can consider this method. Thank you.
Thank you! Yes, the major Hive frontends have already built an interface for the HBD to Hive conversion in their wallet sections. Here are the steps to do it on the PeakD.com frontend (which is the most popular Hive frontend currently):
That's it! After 3.5 days, the blockchain will send you the equivalent amount of Hive for the 1 HBD you converted.
ridiculous to have to do all this, just tally the entire HIVE wallet and drop the tokens, plain and simple, stop with all the hoops
This is not for users to do but for apps that do the airdrop so they can calculate how much Hive an HBD is equivalent to.
There is no simple in blockchain indeed. You are doing great. HBD is not Hive, keep it simple and make it work good.
No, you do not.
The question is, how much a HBD is worth in Hive at the time of the snapshot. As you correctly pointed out in a different corner of this thread, pre-snapshot and post-snapshot prize is likely to be fundamentally different so no 3.5 day median is going to reflect that fairly (BTW, the conversion starting 1.75 days before the snapshot is surely more fair than the one starting at snapshot).
If you decide to pretend HBD is worth half of its Hive value at the time of snapshot, you cannot go too wrong (regardless of the actual algorithm you use as long as it is anything remotely sensible). People holding HBD won't get as much as they think they "deserve" but they still get more than zero. That sounds like an improvement to me.
You can even assign 60% of the estimated value instead. Or higher?
what do i need to be eligible for the snapshot?
I'm really not worried either way. There's so many hoops and jockeying to get airdrops, DAPPS really just need to take the overall wallet into consideration. Too many steps is a big turn off to casual users. Wake up and make shit user friendly !
Will there be special cards, such as gold editions or limited editions? If so, will these cards have increased characteristics or will they simply be rarer?
There are three card types: Gold, Silver, Bronze. Gold is the rarest, followed by silver, then bronze. Gold cards give you more EXP coins per win, with bronze cards giving the lowest amount of exp coins per win. There will be gold/silver/bronze versions of all cards. There will be no "special" cards persay, the cards will all be unique, especially the kings and queens. There will be ultra-rare gods with a very low mint count.
Are there any plans for player Guilds/Associations?
People can build them but it is a 1v1 game with a yearly top 100 take all tournament.
Will you be sharing some sneak peak at art assets soonish?
We just released a art preview here:
https://hive.blog/ragnarok/@ragnarok.game/ragnarok-art-reveal-vanir
How the level of cards will increase. Only at the expense of experience points, and / or will it be possible to connect 2 or more identical cards?
EXP coins are the only way to level your NFTs, this includes spells and weapons/armor.
I am quite interested in this project, my question is, when can we see more about it?
Please follow this account for updates. We will be testing soon.
I'm already following you, I will keep an eye out for new updates
What security protocols will be in place? Are you planning to use Hivesinger etc.
Yes, we will use all of Hive's most popular sign-in methods, such as Keychain, and can add hivesigner, whatever the demand for will be. You need a Hive account to play.
hive signer not as secure as keychain.
Is this airdrop going to be for Hive or HP holders? i.e. does having the Hive in my wallet already qualify or do I have to have it in stake?
they answered already here
Thank you so much, I'm a little bad with english, thanks for clear me that out
I take it the Hive chain is Yggdrasil. Niiiice!
Anywho, will we also be able to rent rent them?
Yes the NFTs can be rented out, there will be a marketplace for rentals.
I believe in one of the initial posts I read that the game history will follow each NFT. Could you expand a little on that and how rented out cards might be impacted be this?
Also, since HBD will be required to heal NFTs after games, how will that work with rented cards? Will they need to be returned at full health?
Awesome @ragnarok.game
Look forward to it :)
The current card design looks cool at first glance but has some serious issues. Please improve this design.
I think these are valid points. I like the way everything is already but your points are good ones to consider.
Thank you for the feedback. Please do keep in mind this is not the final product but is the core foundation of the layout. The bottom right will actually not have any numbers, the name will be in a better font and be curved/3d style. The bottom left icons, we agree, can be more visible and will act on this feedback.
Do you already know how you will select people for the testnet?
test net will be 100% open to all.
Hey you, I'm a professional chess player, my question is: Do chess players have any kind of advantage in this game?
Yes and no. Advantages of knowing the moves and being better able to pick your battles. But your x move checkmates will not work in Ragnarok due to the elemental system. TLDR, Some NFTs have weaknesses to other types of NFTs. If you need to take a piece for a checkmate but you are weak vs that piece you will need to change your strategy.
EDIT: And there are only 10 pieces in this game, the alignment is novel.
From what I have read and understood so far, the advantage for us chess players shouldn't be that significant ... amazing game nevertheless. :)
No question for the moment... but perfect time to wish you the best for this New Year with this game. By the way, the design of the first cool is pretty cool. Keep up.
Happy new Year heroldius, hope to see you in Valhalla. But not yet, not yet.
I prefer to wait for Valhalla 😀
I love the game design and cannot wait to play.
One thing that caught my attention is the Keep Damage - Heal in-between Games system. That could be a liability.
The obvious strategy in the game is to protect your King and attack opponent's King. Let's call that Classic strategy.
Let me present an Eco strategy (pun intended, Alex - an Archon spin-off game deserves a piece of you in the nomenclature, LOL). It is called Eco because you preserve 9/10 of your pieces unscrathed and only send your King towards your opposition to fight.
The payout matrix for the (Classic, Eco) set of strategies looks a lot like Prisoner's Dilemma. Even if you cannot expect your opponent to cooperate, Eco startegy feels useful (maybe just when facing a whale with an OP deck - maybe as a tool to go down rankings and pick up semi-easy wins vs weak decks).
Are there any planned mechanics to avoid Eco strategy being a rational choice?
If I am understanding your question correctly, you say if you send your King out, and the other person sends their King out, and they simply duel it out?
Interesting, and not sure we object to this. As the system is not finished, EXP coins will be based on wins, but also damage dealt and stats inside the game itself. So only fighting kinds, in the end, will not result in more EXP coins, and you may get a win, but it won't net you high ranking points, which ultimately determine the top 100 each year. Also, kings cost more to heal than others, so one would want to protect their King at all costs.
This is great thinking, and we hope to see you in the testing phase, we can use minds like yours!
Correct.
My assumption was the game always ends with a King running out of health. Maybe a disconnect could be treated specifically (to avoid wasting time and/or farming the damage dealt to autofolding opp). But basically, if I am going to lose, having to full-heal the King sounds inevitable.
That is definately the way to go in that architecture.
Still seems like we will see some Eco strats, keeping a stronger opponent from getting too much XP and dismantling your deck. Could be most viable way to move down.
Actually, the tough part is that when you try and give enough rewards for dealing damage (as opposed to simply winning games), people can start hunting pieces (keeping the King for later) which is not a great experience either (for the casual player who is ridiculed by being openly farmed).
Idea:
For the player with the lower rating it should be beneficial to defend as long as possible (in case he loses).
For the player with the higher rating it should be beneficial to win as fast as possible.
Excellent suggestion.
Given the randomness present in the game, I would rather keep an eye an current combat power of the two armies and switch the focus to:
For the player with the lower combat power it should be beneficial to defend as long as possible (in case he loses).
For the player with the higher combat power it should be beneficial to win as fast as possible.
I have no formal defition for the combat power but it would be some kind of health weighted by piece playing power.
Well, sure, let it be "combat power" (and find a good definition how to calculate its value). I just wanted to hint into a possible direction, if it is possible to predict the favourite (the probable winner) 'anyhow' ...
OK, I will just tag @ragnarok.game to make him aware at our discussion/ideas.
Hello, happy new year! My question is the following, how much time a day do you recommend to dedicate to the game? Because a game of chess depending on the pace takes time, and from what I half understood is like a combination of poker and chess, chess and poker players could have some advantage in this game by previous knowledge of chess or poker, or that person who does not know chess or poker has the same chances to advance or learn well the basics of the game?
Happy new year! The game of Chess is reduced to 10 pieces and will have a time limit. The 1v1 has a time limit also per round. With testing, we are clocking games at a range from as low as 10 minutes to games as long as 40 minutes.
Chess players will have a slight advantage in Chess, and poker players will have a slight edge in poker, and people with experience in collectible PVP card games will have a slight edge there. Overall, the game is novel in all aspects, and no matter how good you are at any one portion of the game, you will need to relearn to be competitive in Ragnarok.
Okay okay, I understand. Thanks for answering my question, I appreciate it. I will be waiting for any news, greetings!
HAPPY NEW YEAR
hive in SAVING
(The balance depends on the 3 day waiting period required for withdrawals)
its function for the airdrop or they must be withdraw saving
Happy new year! Hive in savings counts yes.
Will Hive.SWAP count towards the airdrop?
The wallets that the HIVE is in for the swaps will be counted. You will need the person who controls the posting key to the wallet the HIVE is in to claim it.
Thanks, I was wondering too, if swap.hive on the hive engine would count. Thats cool.
aggroed mentioned a secondary claim for swap.hive
Where are the dropped NFTs stored? Can we see them e.g. on inji, or are they only accessible via the Ragnarok-homepage (which is not live I guess). In other words - when can we see them?
IPFS, will have a front end complete with DEX and rental markets. Will be built on HIVE L2 and any Hive frontend can plug it in easily.
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thanks!
rental markets, my question is now answered :)
great project!
will Hive in defi pools on Hive-Engine count towards the drop? And will SWAP.Hive be eligible?
The wallets that the HIVE is in for the swaps will be counted. You will need the person who controls the posting key to the wallet the HIVE is in to claim it.
Do pawns get promoted to queens if they reach the end of the board?
What are the dimensions of the grid?
The pawn can become any piece, but the piece must have died first. You resurrect a fallen teammate by sacrificing the pawn's life.
Standard Chessboard, 8x8 grid/ 64 squares. Fewer pieces but more room to maneuver.
Does the resurrected piece get full health or something based on the pawn's remaining health?
The resurrected piece returns to full health.
Ah but does it get its spells back? :D
Guessing not.
No, spells are once and down per entire match, even when revived. Spells reset when you play a new game vs a new opponent.
Moves of the pieces will be similar to those in chess or they are redefined?
Hello folks! I'm writing a post about Ragnarok for 1up. You have a great and promising project here.
I have some questions and probably will come back with more while I write XD the ones I remember right now:
how long will a full match take?
how big is the board
you said the pieces moves like their chess counterparts, here we only have half of them. Bishops can only walk diagonally so with 2 you can cover both tile colors in the board. Will the bishop have a way to move horizontally/vertically so it can attack enemies outside his diagonal movement pattern?
Thanks in advance! For the next questions should I write a new comment or reply here?
The first 2 questions have already been answered.
Didn't think about the bishop thing.
Good question.
Perhaps a bishop should be able to attack any piece that is adjacent to it.
Although I have another interesting idea in this regard.
Blog post inc.
Why do you think they should be able to?
Thanks again, edicted! The board will be played corner to corner, unlike on the sides with normal chess. Each side will have 2 walls to defend from pawn encroachments. We have actually been playing around with this idea for the Bishop, the pawn will have a novel move also. Something as edicted suggested could make the game flow better. We need to test more to come to a conclusive decision for v1.
Thanks for the answers folks!
How will be the reward pool filled?
Is it like poker you pay rake per game and it goes to the Ragnarok pool ( i don't read the whitepaper, sorry :)
lol get out
all the consumables cost HBD which flows into SIP version 1
yield from that SIP is paid to prize pools
Thanks, Edicted. Also, there is a yearly fee to opt into Ragnarok and to turn on EXP coin rewards for battles. There are many HBD sinks still yet to be announced.
Are bot players considered cheaters?
The game will not be botable, there are too many components. But we welcome bots if anyone can find any use for them.
If so my ex was a bot.
Those dolls have come a long way.
But I wouldn't know. My friend told me.
What sadist buys dolls that cheat on them? :/
I'm not sure but one thing I do know is there are a lot of funny thoughts inside my head right now.
A short story has crept into my head...
Please tag me if you choose to make a post about it later
Will the DAO exist from the beginning of the game? And votes will be 1 NFT 1 vote or depends on the NFT type, upgrade etc.?
Will there be costs of playing the game (HBD) during the public test phase?
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Airdropping on staked Hive seems appropriate, HBD isn't Hive and being a stablecoin built on-chain it's quite literally not Hive. Super excited!
We will be doing more games. We can consider HBD in the future. But this drop is for HIVE/HP only to make it a much simpler process.
First I am hearing of Ragnarok but looks exciting. What will be the claiming process to claim cards?
And if I understand correctly unclaimed cards will go back into the pool to be bought or played for?
Where would I go to get involved in the early play?
there will be a snapshot on Jan. 6th (because they are using the same snapshot for Ragnorok and SPK network). After that there will be a one time claim set up for claiming cards.
From what i understood unclaimed will be played for. how, i did not see at the moment.
They said testnet will be open to all when available.
Will the snapshot include HIVE POWER (and HBD) or just HIVE?
at the moment the final looks like all Hive in your account. liquid and staked.
What about delegations? Included?
Hi @ ragnarok.game!
Happy New Year and thanks for this AMA session!
I will have a few questions:
You all rock! I usually do not like being pinged on discord but if yall are doing amas I would not a mind a ping from the server. Maybe yall did and I gotta be sure to unmute. I appreciate your hard work Dan, and everyone involved to progress Hive forward into a very bright future!
Should not allow exchanges to claim, that's a lot of dumping they can do and your team will potentially be blamed for giving exchanges huge amounts of supply they can and will dump driving prices down.
This is a huge oversight that should not be ignored that can ruin your projects reputation. Exchanges historically have TOS saying THEY keep all airdrops your account gets....
When they dump, someone else buys. That is probably better than having a large chunk tied in individual accounts that claim and forget.
The question is, do you want Binance to own 7% of Ragnarok? You do not mind it, ok, fair enough. Now the real question. Do you want Binance to own 7% of SPK Network?
Yes. I have also asked this for the 3pk too
Especially the governance token 3pk, that should also not be air dropped to any exchanges. Given the history of what happened on Steem, and collusion between an exchange and outsiders could have lots of 3spk governance tokens and cause havoc. Better to not give any Known Exchange Wallets anything.
Could you speak a little about the transition from one season to the next? Do all NFTs return to level 1? Are all spells reset to zero? Stuff like that. Thanks.
There are no resets on card/spell or weapon/armor levels. When you reach max cap on an entire deck, you can start investing EXP coins into AAs (alternative advancement points), further strengthening your character.
Awesome!!! Thank you.
Will there be a reset after the year long testnet before the first “real” season (18 months+ from now) or is the testnet “live” in that respect (e.g. the experience and card leveling is real)
Yes, the year-long testnet will be live for one year and will reset. The testnet will run year after year until the community votes on when the game should go live. After the game goes live there is no turning back.
Where do we go to claim the Airdrop NFT?
Stay tuned for an announcement regarding the claim drop page for RCTs.
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Will there be a market for renting out cards?
Yes!
Just incase if you want to implement refferal program, please consider my suggestion.
Currently there r many many types of refferal programs.
Splinterlands: give some money to the person when someone buys credits with paypal/credit card(not available).
Risingstar: gives money when the person that we invite plays.
Binance a percentage of fee for lifetime.
Robin hood: give one random NFT(an example to this suitation).
Reviews/Personal Thoughts:
I don't like it since paypal is ban in Pakistan. No desire to market it among the locals.
Likes it alot and I give people 1/3 of my pack opening, my thoughts are increasing the number to thousands of people. In simple: Like it alot.
Simply amazing.
Completely Abusable. Definitely not recommended.
They said no affiliate so this is academic but I cannot resist.
History shows it is not your lifetime. It is the affiliate program's lifetime. Few affiliate programs survived success of their platform. They only pay when they are trying to climb to the top.
.>They only pay when they are trying to climb to the top.
@jelly13 thanks for the addition
Why I don't get any notification of your reply?
The owner of the frontend you are using to browse Hive decided you won't get one. You can ask them why.
That's not really how splinterlands referral works. In-game items bought with credits as well as the spellbook nets the referrer 5% of the total amount, received in credits. I'm mostly seeing spellbook and potion buys but packs count as well
But you might not know, the only way to buy credits is PayPal and it's banned in my country and most of my refferal work is on local level. Thats my point. I want also atleast 1 dec for each game they play. Or something really passive without PayPal involved
Why? Sorry but that's ridiculous and seems entitled. Bronze players don't even make 1 dec themselves. hell some don't even make dec.
There's a lot of crypto options besides paypal and the fact people need to pay with credits ensures you're getting your ref bonus. I think it's pretty good. Although I d agree more payment options would help things for sure. Don't really like the KYC needed so haven't used that myself
I agree to disagree.
The current refferal system is not satisfying my needs.
Definitely not perfect and I hope there's more payment options in the future for you!
Hello @ragnarok.game, what is the specific time for the airdrop snapshot?
People having more HIVE/HP will get more NFTs - does it provide any advantage over someone having lesser NFTs in the game ?
I see two ways having more NFTs can help someone in Ragnarok:
I have checked the question and I may have missed this but does Hive in liquidity pools counts towards the snapshot?
I, too, am curious about this?
Does the game already have a page ???
Hello,
Do exchanges that hold $HIVE and/or $HP in their #HIVE wallets get airdropped as well? If so, why?
Link to the AMA?
What happens to the economics of the game if the HBD interest rate drops a lot, potentially to zero?
This is a what-if, not suggesting that I think this is likely to happen soon if at all, but it can't be ruled out.
This is for SIP v1. When the technology allows LPs and payout earnings from trading fees is live, we will have that to rely on. Even if the rates were to drop to as low as 5%, the game would still be sustainable, and it would just take more HBD. For the short to mid-term, we rely on consensus to keep HBD earning interest.
Will this game be playable via web browser like Splinterlands?
Which NFT platform you are going to use for the game? Hive-Engine NFTs or ???
$WINE
Good luck & hope to play this game!
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To play the game, do you need one NFT for each chess piece?
Many people will receive <10 nft and there is a chance to get multiple ones for the same piece. Will there be some kind of default character you can use to play the game in case you don't have a full set?
Each deck requires 10 cards, and of the 10 cards, you will need to have 6 class types slotted. You will need 1 King, 1 Queen, 1 Bishop, 1 Knight, 1 Rook & 5 Pawns to have a complete deck.
There will be no default characters, if you do not have an entire deck, you will not be able to play. Card rentals will be available p2p, so if you do not have a complete deck, you can rent the card type you are missing.
Another question. If you summon a pet and win the battle with the pet still alive, will you keep it already summoned for the next battle?
Thanks in advance
Every battle all spells reset to zero, this includes pets and their health. You always start every fresh game with 1 mana.
Hi again. In the game design document you say that when entering combat you receive 3 spell cards from that character card pool and can mulligan. On the subsequent turns how many spell cards you will draw?
After each turn, you get 1 spell, unless you get a special ability to draw more than 1 card. But the default is 1 card per round after the start of the battle.
During combat:
-Both players attack and defend simultaneously each turn or they switch? If they switch which one starts attacking, the player who moved his piece to initiate combat?
-You said that attacks uses stamina and speed based on how much health you put as bet in your attack.
The only mention to recovering stamina is bracing and defending, is there any other way to recover it?
And how do you recover/get speed? I didn't find that info anywhere on the game design document.
The attacks are turn-based. The flow is, you cast a spell or summon a pet first, you can do both, but you need to choose an order. When you send in a pet to attack, if the other player has a pet up, you will then attack that pet. Pets attack based on speed, so even if it's your turn, if you send in a slower pet, your opponent's pet will attack first, and vice versa.
The player engaged in battle first via chess mode gets to attack first.
Stamina is recovered by +1 to all cards in play every time anyone moves a chess piece.
Speed example:
I attack for 2 speed which equals 20% of my total health.
You attack for 1 speed, which equals 10% of your total health.
Next round, if both players survive, you now have 1 speed point. You can do an attack for 10% of your health "freely" without risk of losing your HP and can be used in the same round as another attack, meaning you get 2 attacks that round. The more speed points you have, the bigger of a free attack you get. Once you use your speed points, they deplete to zero, and you must earn them again. Speed points do not carry over to the next fresh battle, so use them or lose them.
Hi not sure if this was ask already but I have to question for the airdrop
1. How much hive should one be holding to be eligible for the airdrop or get 1 nft
2. How to do claim the nft from the airdrop?
I really interested, but, where i can download?
The concept is very cool! How long do you see a game taking to finish?
Hard to say, RCTs will be out sooner* and the game will be in testnet a while before it goes live. The process will be enjoyable getting there.
@ragnarok.game Is the airdrop only for HP or does the liquid Hive also get it?
Hey I have a question that I couldn't find any answers for, what timezone will the snapshot happen? I understand it's the 6th will it be at 12 am bst for example? and when does the snapshot period end at the end of the day or after how many minutes/hours. Really appreciate it if you answer this and I'm super excited and can't wait to play the game
What about my SWAP.HIVE in pools? Should I remove them out?
I am soooooo stoked to see what happens with this!
what time is the snapshot? is it at the end of day on January 6th Pacific time?
Any discord or TG GC?
How many pets can you summon per turn and how many can you have summoned at the same time?
9 max summoned at a time. You can summon any amount up to 9 per round permitting your mana.
Thanks for answering those questions!
Already sent them to our editor to update the missing informations on the post.
Is there a discord already?
Would love to keep up with ragnarok
Set one up! We rely on the community to set up the web2 funnels back to Hive. We have been gifted a marketing budget, and we can allocate some contests/prizes to raise awareness for anyone that wants to grab the Ragnarok by the horns!
Hello! Sounds great! :) How exactly do I get NFTs if I hold HIVE or HP?
They will take a snap shot of your hive balance and hive power in the next 24 hours and just claim the NFTs within 30 days I believe. Nothing else special to do. Just relax and chill like your music album. 😉
Thats great! Thank you so much! :)
Are NFT's going to be allowed to be burned for "something in return"? And if yes and it can be known, what will be the it for?
Given that is a capped supply, a "burn" and "rejuvenate" process attached to a demand market would be a cool recycling factor of the game as it evolves. Have you thought about this?
We do not have any plans to burn precious Ragnarok cards! Anything is possible, maybe some maniac will create a burn mechanism that brings something in return, but not us. Tis all open source!
😅 thanks for the reply...
You never know the motivation of creativity on open source stuff... =)
como hago para parcipar en el air drop
I wonder which will be the most important
Just so i know that if a Grandmaster of chess joins in i will have a small chance of winning
But still cannot wait
Each "game" of skill can only take you so far. Chess can set you up in preferred battles vs. elements you're strong against. However, now you have to fight! Is the grandmaster also a master in competitive trading card games? Even the best TCG players alive have to have the guts to call a bluff! The term, jack of all trades, masters of none, comes to mind. There will be those that are great at one thing but weak at the other. And that is the beauty of Ragnarok.
Jack of all trade master of none is better then master of only 1 :)
well saided so i best start collecting them all :D
Probably you mentioned it somewhere and I missed it...but when is the game launch?
Will there be a mobile version?
Yes both mobile and PC.
Is it going to be all PvP or will there also be a sort of "story" mode in this game to walk the player through how to play?
There will be two types of modes, ones who opt into Ragnarok to earn EXP and ranking and those who don't. Those who don't can be seen as practice mode as none of the stats count, and you do not earn any exp coin.
is this good to go?
