If you ever bought some cards and played a few games of Gods Unchained you are probably eligible to receive the $GODS airdrop. @Vlemon covered that story here. But, if you are like me and you lost the keys to that ancient wallet or didn't even play the game, there is still time to earn some tokens.
Play To Earn
The event started this week and will last for 7 more weeks. The requirements are as follows:
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Play 20 ranked games or more each week
- Win 7 ranked games or more each week
- Games must pass 4 rounds to be counted
- Players must be at least Purified Iron (rank 4) by the end of the week to qualify
- Player must play against a minimum of 17 unique opponents or more each week
- Any account that is suspected of win trading, botting, multi-account or any wrongful activities will be disqualified and banned from Gods Unchained.
REWARD MECHANISM
$GODS will be distributed as rewards according to the points you earn per week, and players must complete all the requirements above to receive any points. You can track your progress on GUDECKS.
- Base points - Points are given according to the rank of your account at the end of the week:
- Purified Iron/ Impact Meteorite/ Astral Meteorite/ Twilight Shadow = 1 point
- Midnight Shadow/ Auric Gold/ Solar Gold = 1.5 points
- Ethereal Diamond/ Mythic = 2 points
- Bonus points - Additional points are rewarded if you reach the milestones below:
- +1 Bonus point - Play 40 ranked games + Win 14 ranked games + play against 34 unique opponents
- +1 Bonus point - Play 60 ranked games + Win 21 ranked games + play against 51 unique opponents
REWARDS ALLOCATION
- Base weekly rewards pool = 100,000 $GODS reward pool
- Rewards pool @ 50,000 weekly active players = 225,000 $GODS
- Rewards pool @ 75,000 weekly active players = 350,000 $GODS
- Rewards pool @ 100,000 weekly active players = 500,000 $GODS
- $GODS rewards per week = (Your total points / Total points of all existing players) * $GODS rewards pool
The Good
Just like with Splinterlands, the game offers a set of base cards for new players. Leveling up and earning better cards is fairly easy, especially if you are transitioning over from a game like Hearthstone. The $Gods rewards are accompanied by the weekend ranked event so you can earn double rewards if you grind the game over the weekend.
The Bad
The game is clunky, glitchy and you will lose connection to your opponent probably 2 out of 10 times. Playing 60 games in one week can be tiresome if you don't have the cards to compete with higher ranks. The marketplace is on ImmutableX and briding ETH over can cost a bit over $70.
Cards on the other hand aren't that expensive and maybe even cheaper than Splinterlands. Top-ranked decks have an average cost of about 0.15 ETH.
The Ugly
The ranked system is broken most of the time. Since the game is still in beta sometimes your wins will be recorded as losses and vice versa. This doesn't happen often but it is consistent, for me at least.
Gameplay can also glitch out and be unresponsive for a few seconds or minutes. Grinding the game only for the sake of acquiring a high rank is not as rewarding as one may think but it is still a fun game to play.