Sky Mavis’ Axie Infinity: Homeland has entered open beta, however the reception has been divided.
No NFTs at the moment are required, however the PC sport – which has been stay in closed beta since late 2022 – has been reset. This implies everybody’s accounts have been wiped along side the sport’s artwork type and UX being revamped.
Nevertheless, the large 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 each day AXS tokens. It was all the time 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.
Nevertheless, 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 fastened quantity of each day AXS, therefore it was a fairly easy calculation to work out the worth of land not less than by way of its discounted money movement.
So whereas some may not be 100% happy with its new look, the top 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 value of their precept tanking.
Gaming content material creator and Axie fanatic Aftermath TV sums up his ideas in a publish on X, saying “It is usually inevitable that a few of the Land Working Group members will depart resulting from feelings and disappointments. Individuals will go if they aren’t completely happy 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 occurring… 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 might be proper or unsuitable, however that doesn’t change our dedication to Land.”