Review AMA with Jihoz in Discord, December 11th!
Yesterday, Jihoz spent some time with players in Axie Official Discord and answered many of their questions!
I am pretty sure that you were sleeping at that time, playing to get your daily quest and missed this moment, but don’t worry! The Guillotine was there to mod this conversation and came back with a book full of questions and answers.
Here is the summary of Jihoz AMA in Discord!
Question : season 19 ends in a few days, will season 20 automatically start ??Jihoz : there will be a buffer period of 1 month
Question about Mid season patch
Jihoz : basically we realize that the Bumpy bonesail fix was not the right way to do it.
1. Balancing patches will be released two weeks into the offseason. We will call this the "Buffer Period". We will take some time until the beginning of the season to assess for broken combos through community feedback as well as looking at data on part usage and winrates. We will make these changes through patches during the buffer period leading up to the season.
2. When the season is formally launched, no changes will be made without going through the process outlined by (3).
3. If we need to make a change during the season we will ask the community to give feedback on the change to forecast that it may be changed in-season. This should rarely, if ever be used and will mean that we failed in monitoring during the buffer time between off-season and start of season.
Question : mind explainin 3, what do you consider as community feedback? We talking about discord votes (reactions)? A poll? Opinion from people that own axs?
Jihoz : perhaps a Twitter/Reddit campaign. The important thing is that we will signal in advance that we're looking at it.
Question : while you are at it please have a look at bumpy-sponge and check if that is working the way it is intended as well, thanks
Jihoz : this is also not working as intended. However, we won't change it mid-season. it's also not overpowered arguably. but we will look into it.
Question : is reintroducing match data in the works? With many competitive games this data is available.
Jihoz : yes, we want to add it back. it was taken out for survey stability.
Question : since V2 gameplay has Been tested how do you think we’ll react towards playing it.
Jihoz : i think you are going to love it. but it will also be a transition.
Question : in your opinion, how long would the transition from V1 to V2 would take?
Jihoz : could take awhile, depends on what we see.
Question : is the plan to eventually remove v1?
Jihoz : That's the idea.
Question : But there won't be any more Arena battles/competitive system in V2?
Jihoz : ofc there will be a PVP/ladder/competitive system in V2.
Question : hey are you worried about other games comming up? i know my heart is with axie all the way but some of them look really good.
Jihoz : i'm excited for other games to come into the space. They will bring in new players to Axie as well and test out new features for us.
Question : so games would be connected to the ronin chain?
Jihoz : Yea we want to have other games on Ronin eventually.
Question : Would you guys consider letting other games on the ronin chain Like perhaps solarbots?
Jihoz : definitely need more games on Ronin.
Question : i know you can't go into too much detail but how do you go about ensuring that axies and their current cards retain similar values for V2 both for the game and the marketplace?
Jihoz : it's not about "value". It's moreso about making sure they retain the spirit of the card. For example, we know that Pumpkin should always be a very defensive card.
Question : i understand that a lot of games are coming into the space and some of their systems are quite innovative and effective as well, would the team also look into other games and get some ideas from these games or are you solely interested on developing your methods on running axie?
Jihoz : definitely would love to check out new mechanics and possibly add them to Axie.
Question : why did axie went to a card based gameplay rather than a MOBA which is a lot more popular genre for a lot of gamers? and is it possible to have an axie MOBA once SDK is implemented?
Jihoz : it's def possible. Moba is a big trend right now, but card games are timeless and actually have the highest retention of any type of game. Lots of people play mobas for a few weeks and then quit.
Question : why is no one trying to help Dawns become something? Lets tell Jihoz that only 10K Dawns exists because they suck. We are just going to ignore Dawns forever?
Jihoz : Haha yea, dawns need some love. Maybe in V2?
Question : are you planning to add some tools to make safe scholarship programs and help managers? Is sky mavis reling on the scholarship model or plans are to left it on the future towards a particular player model?
Jihoz : we are looking at making our own tool to help make it much easier to have scholars. I would also like scholars too hehe.
Question : Lord Jihoz. There will be a breeding event?
Jihoz : nothing confirmed about this.
Question : can we get a tower defense game? Maybe as a mini game or something. From my understanding the programming isn't incredibly challenging, and going for leaderboards would be really fun.
Jihoz : We've talked about it. Could fit well.
Question : could we ever see a team tactic like in lol but from axie?
Jihoz : perhaps. Not sure how long of a lifespan those games have.
Question : Jihoz, Axie reminds me of pokemon, why isnt there a chance to get a shiny axie from breeding ?
Jihoz : definitely need more ability to breed cool stuff.
Question : Are you planning or considering pulling out something like a battle pass?
Jihoz : perhaps, we're working on the reward structures for v2 now.
Question : how close is V2 to us, boss ?
Jihoz : i'll say that a lot of gameplay looks polished but we need more time working on the reward loops.
Question : hi Jihoz...will the team be re evaluating Aquas next season?
Jihoz : we will look at the data and see.
Question : have we considered adding emotes for arena? Would definitely be fun to use emotes to taunt enemies.
Jihoz : actually we leaked that this is going to be a thing.
Question : I really wanted to see my axie with the hulk skin.
Jihoz : cosmetics are important long term.
Question : can you share with us please the requirements to be a Ronin Validator?
Jihoz : We will release more info about this. Not today.
Question : can you at least give Managers the ability to refresh QR code. After a Scholars leaves or is removed they intentionally ruin the mmr and there is nothing we can do about it without losing future income by transferring Axies to a new account.
Jihoz : Yes, we're aware that this is needed. Thanks for the patience.
Question : give some love for iOS devices please :/
Jihoz : IOS is hard. I am an IOS user too. Definitely need to do better with that.
Question : When would mainstream release be to google play store and apple store?
Jihoz : When it's ready. Shooting for 2022.
Question : when we gonna get smart contracts for scholarships? we need a way to protect managers investment and scholars of scams.
Jihoz : Agree that its important!
Question : don't do any community voting.. lots of players with broken teams (e.g. anemone) will definitely sway the votes xD
Jihoz : it wont be voting. Just comment and we will review the feedback
Question : ranking system. add some rank like bronze silver gold etc. not just dependent on mmr. this way, it is filtered based on skill level.
Jihoz : sounds like sth for V2.
Question : Have you guys thought about having a "balance patch" stream that explains the rationale behind the nerfs and buffs?
Jihoz : this would be a good idea.
That’s all for today! The Guillotine is going back on Discord!