Exhausted from battle, you realize one more foe stands between you and victory. Do you take the chance and fight, risking defeat? YES. You decide to take the opportunity and defeat your final adversary. Costs be damned, or perhaps, the cost of battle is too much to bear financially.
Victory at any cost
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Return on Investment (ROI) is a measure of an investment's profitability. Products that have a high ROI over a short time frame will likely be more desirable than, let's say, something with a low ROI over the short term. Similarly, investments that take longer to gain a profit may be equally desirable if the ROI is high despite the time you wait for it.
We see plenty of coins in the Hive universe that purports some benefit to the investor. From LeoFinance to the BRO community, plenty of knowledgeable investors utilize the financial system here to their advantage. For instance, there are legends about those investors that HODL throughout Splinterlands development emerged rich and with no need for lifelong conventional employment.
On Hive, however, a new group established itself: the @psyberX community. Led by and his team of merry Hivians, they've developed the Psyber X FPS game that grows and evolves as we speak. Additionally, they have also created the Serfdom & Sorcery game available now, for free, to all users that join their Discord community:
In the Serfdom lands, farms are unique. You can purchase your very own farm while supplies last. Every 24 hours, these farms will produce 500 DBLN for you. The more farms you own, the more money you'll receive daily.
There are those people, however, that really like farms. Some have purchased upwards of 50 farms:
So, in the above case, after 100 days, you'll receive your original investment of 2,500,060 DBLN and continue receiving 25,000 DBLN daily. Considering investors could then swap DBLN for LVL, it isn't a bad deal in the long run.
No, wolves aren't available yet. Or are they ? Currently, the only animals you can purchase are ravens and cows.
You run a risk when purchasing a cow. The purchase sounds excellent on paper until some or all cows get sick during a milk run. Here's an example from the cows I've purchased:
It's a mixed bag. During my first two milk runs today, four of my cows were sick:
No cows were sick on my third milk run today (it's been a long day).
This is a more realistic investment because the cows can get sick. And healthcare costs in the game are significantly cheaper than in real life. Don't go getting any funny ideas, !
As of this morning, it appears that the cost of using a Shaman was reduced to 750 DBLN. In my opinion, this raises the probability of a good milk run where illnesses are less likely to negate my entire run.
The rules allow players to purchase upgrades for their pickaxes, provided they purchase a forge and upgrade it. In our last article, the prices of forges were explained as follows:
Costs for both upgrading AND purchasing pickaxes were as follows:
You'll spend AT LEAST:
Sometimes pickaxes break. However, the better the pickaxe, the less likely your pickaxe will suffer any damage.
The probability of breakage gets you in the end. It's similar to my experiences with those darn cows getting sick. One player's comments spoke of how his cows seldom get sick. In mining, I've only had one break in the game.
The Serfdom and Sorcery game is still in its alpha phase. Even with the new database, they started using today, there are bound to be issues.
One weak area concerns upgrading attack/defense. Looking at the top spaces in the leaderboard and through the Discord logs, there appears to be an issue with the cost of upgrading attack or defense:
Balancing combat and player stats is a work continually in progress. The problem is data.
Be patient, fair, and communicate your concerns to the PsyberX team. They'll dial everything in eventually.
The Serfdom & Sorcery world of the Psyber X multiverse continues to grow at an impressive rate. recently authored a new article regarding the progress of the game.
Bob states that message traffic, from this week alone, reached well over 100,000 messages. Clearly, people are playing the game and love the grind. It will be exciting and interesting to see how the gameplay improves over time!
Join the community today! Invest in their development or hop on to their discord to learn more about the initiative!
Nothing in this article should be construed as financial advice. I was more interested in getting a deeper look at the financial workings of the game. Please perform your own research before investing in the game.
Thank you for reading and following on throughout my Hive journey. If you like this article, please consider reblogging, upvoting, and following !