Sky Mavis’ Axie Infinity: Homeland has entered open beta, however the reception has been divided.
No NFTs are actually required, however the PC sport – which has been reside in closed beta since late 2022 – has been reset. This implies everybody’s accounts have been wiped along side the sport’s artwork fashion and UX being revamped.
Nonetheless, the massive information for current gamers is the land staking marketing campaign has stopped.
Land staking was initially launched as a means for land NFT holders to passively earn every day AXS tokens. It was at all times going to be a stopgap measure as a result of at that stage you couldn’t functionally do something with land, which launched as early as 2019.
Nonetheless, over time land staking ended up being the anchor for land’s flooring costs as a result of every land rarity earned a distinct however mounted quantity of every day AXS, therefore it was a reasonably easy calculation to work out the worth of land a minimum of when it comes to its discounted money circulation.
So whereas some won’t be 100% happy with its new look, the tip of land staking is what has stirred up most anger, rage-quitting and dumping of land from NFT holders who’ve had their passive revenue stopped, in addition to seeing the worth of their precept tanking.
Gaming content material creator and Axie fanatic Aftermath TV sums up his ideas in a submit on X, saying “It’s also inevitable that a few of the Land Working Group members will depart attributable to feelings and disappointments. Folks will go if they don’t seem to be blissful however for so long as Axie Infinity continues to ship then new bloods will step up.”
Including a extra sober perspective to the warmth he additionally says, “I’m actually okay that the present Land Dump is going on… Crucial factor proper now could be that individuals who will purchase plots might be right here long-term and they’ll actually play the sport.”
In response, Sky Mavis CEO Trung Nguyen feedback, “Product releases and even merchandise will be proper or fallacious, however that doesn’t change our dedication to Land.”