5 BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS FROM THE TOWN HALL (5.1.2023)
Here are the 5 things that stuck out to me the most in the most recent town hall. I go into more detail in the video, but the quick notes are below:
- Aly/BlockchainFF
It was great to see Aly from BlockchainFF stop by and share his thoughts on Proposal 28 as this has been a hot topic overall. I appreciated him taking the time to break down his thoughts as well as clarify his position within Splinterlands leadership. My hope is that Aly will be a more frequent guest as I hold him in the same regard as Aggy and Matt in terms of building out this project with a long term vision.
- Guilds
We had several updates on upcoming guild features - some good and some bad. Starting with the good, it looks like the Guild Contribution Points are being worked on now by Cryptomancer with a timeframe to release before the end of May. The bad, mainly because I was hoping this would be priority for May, is that the new guild buildings are still in ideation phase and will not be worked on until after the Guild Points are complete which means the launch will be pushed to June or July.
- Vouchers
Aggy briefly mentioned that the general pulse from the community was not to reduce the amount of vouchers being printed daily, but instead to create more Voucher utility on a regular basis. That was the intention of valuing vouchers at $0.25 instead of $1 for the Zyriel promo card. Ultimately I'm a fan of this because I want to see more vouchers burned but I also had no intention of buying Zyriel so my perspective isn't the same as most out there. My hope is that the upcoming guild buildings will be able to create ongoing and maybe even infinite sinks for vouchers.
- Game Mechanics Improvements - Zyriel
Weirdbeard took a moment to remind us that Matt focusing more on product is what gets us cool things like Zyriel - the first dual element card in the game. In previous Town Halls, Matt has said he doesn't want to wait until Rebellion to introduce new game mechanics into Splinterlands so this makes me excited for what is to come.
- New Ruleset - Born Again
All monsters get the Rebirth ability (meaning they come back to life with 1 health). I love this idea and think it will be an awesome way to shake up the meta! Kudos to the team for all of the new and exciting rulesets we have gotten this year!