Playing SplinterForge After Launch
SplinterForge was launched two days ago and, as a pretty heavy investor in Splinterlands, I was naturally drawn to it.
As far as I remember, it is the first game that leverages the Splinterlands NFTs to create their own gameplay on top of it.
I already talked about Splinterforge once when it was in presale.
Since then and their test server, they've made some updates to the gameplay. For example, now, bosses become more powerful after they die and are brought back to life. Up to certain max levels of their skills, which are incredibly high.
Then, I don't remember if that was a restriction in test mode too, but the monsters you use are limited for lower-level bosses (league caps style from Splinterlands).
Also, bosses have a set of fixed abilities but also random abilities that change after each fight.
Overall, you can see this evolution in the changes from the boss selection screens.
Here's now:
Versus then:
My Impressions After Playing Splinterforge for a While
First of all, I want to congratulate them for finding a recipe to use the NFTs of a popular game like Splinterlands and still monetize the game and make it attractive, for their own crates and bags. As well as a number of other sinks, from combining cards to adding runes and gems to sockets, re-forging or transmuting, or buying potions.
Will that make the game economy sustainable? Hard to say this early. I'd love that because I believe the genre has a lot to offer, from RPG and growing a hero to boss fighting. And on top of that, using Splinterlands cards puts me in a pretty good position.
Some remarks.
For Splinterlands players, the game is free to play. Otherwise, you need the Splinterlands cards, either owned or rented.
If it's free to play, why would anyone purchase anything?
Here's why:
- to increase your max stamina - otherwise I think it gets filled in less than 4 hours; note: it costs a lot for only +5 more max stamina points (100k FORGE) - but I wouldn't have made it any cheaper either.
- for (improved) equipment for the hero and bonuses (like unlocking certain splinters even if you don't use a summoner from that splinter or increasing the max mana limit)
- ultimately, to save up time or move higher on the leaderboard by earning more per battle (if you last longer or inflict more damage to the boss)
While the game isn't very time-consuming once you get into a rhythm, it takes more time than something like Rising Star, which also needs your attention at least a few times a day.
I haven't seen any information on the blockchain (custom JSONs) regarding the gameplay of Splinterforge. Probably NFT transactions are there, but I haven't checked. And they use the account management system from Hive.
From the bots' perspective, they can't use blockchain to automate the game. That doesn't mean the game isn't bottable, because there isn't such a thing. But it's an interesting aspect to notice.
At first impression, what I don't like about the game is that you have to play it every 4 hours or so (less actually) to not fall behind (without a significant upfront investment). Here's where shared accounts from different time zones have an edge advantage compared to someone who plays on his own.
If you're interested in details about the game, they are posted on the account of @unitmaster. I believe this is the "official" source of information. They have a discord, but when I checked it the invitation had expired.
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Here is an updated discord link (now permanent), thanks for tagging me.
https://discord.gg/vxQVZTEBfd
Thanks! I'll make sure to use it before it expires, lol.
Lots of terms from SplinterGlossary.
This is really helping things out.
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Yes, there is a good deal of overlap in terminology between the two games. They use the Splinterlands NFTs which is pretty interesting.
Looks interesting. Maybe I should try it out.
Sure, if you have Splinterlands cards, it's free.
Do you recommend spending time on this game?
It’s nice to see more uses for Splinter NFT.
It's up to you. But if you do, I'd start early...
Thanks! I tried the game, looks like I need to upgrade the hero to get more points.
Do you know what is electrum used for?
The currency is also hard to come by, I got 11 Forge after a full stamina bar.
I think update is good for old and new users of sprinterland game. This project will be very successful once again in coming days. As soon as SPS price is going up, new users will flock to it.
For Splinterlands, this is probably true. Although a savvy user will keep playing/(re)investing no matter of the price of SPS.
But SplinterForge is not part of Splinterlands. It's developed by another team and is a separate game.
Just curious. I worry if I still have time to learn this game. 😆 Thanks for sharing!
!PGM
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Fighting for the leaderboard takes up a good chunk of my time. But it is not a hard game to master. Definitely easier than Splinterlands, especially since you already know the basics.
I am now testing it and then I was stopped due to a lack of stamina. Nartor has 50% health when I started. Now it only has 20%. I want to make it zero but I don't have enough stamina to continue the battle. Wondering what shall I do. 🤣
Wait to recover your stamina and fight again. :) It's a group effort to kill the boss anyway.
Ok, I got it! I thought I hit the boss hard. 😆
Oh, I didn't notice that it actually launched. Can you earn anything just using your Splinterlands assets or do you require cards from their chests?
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You can earn and I do. But to stay competitive, you'd have to buy some stuff from them. That's why I'm pushing for the leaderboard, where the big prizes are.
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Thanks for sharing! Will check out when I have time!
You're welcome!