Incubator 2.0 and New Neftie Rarity System
In order to maintain equilibrium of Aurory assets, we’ve deployed some updates to our Incubator system, which will affect hatched Nefties going forward. In addition to this, we have also released a new Neftie rarity system, which will have visual implications for Neftie cards displayed in wallets and on our marketplace.
In this article, we’ll explain everything you’ll want to know about the old Incubator system, why these tweaks are necessary, and a bit about how these updates are laying the groundwork for additional mechanics and features yet to come. So let’s dive in!
The Old Incubator
To put it simply, the old system was not ideal long term. This was mainly due to the fact that the way it would work in our system when players would hatch a new Neftie is that first the stats were generated, and then a hypothetical rarity was assigned based on the total average of the random stats generated. What this resulted in was a higher number of rare Nefties being hatched than what you’d ideally want to maintain a good economic/rarity balance long term.
We know that this may come as a bit of a shock to some who feel they haven’t seen the most success with Neftie hatching, but our goal is to start to shift the perception of what have been viewed as “Common” Nefties to rather “Uncommon” and “Rare”. Truth be told, if you have been hatching eggs through our old system, you have actually been receiving much higher odds of hatching a better Neftie than what players can expect going forward. So congrats to all of our early supporters who hatched using the old system! Due to this however, expectations have maybe been set a bit too high. Another contributing factor to this perception has been the 40% average stats for free Nefties. So in order to help recalibrate expectations on Neftie stats, we will be lowering that number to 10% for now.
The New Incubator
Our new Incubator system will directly address the skew in rarity distribution by using a controlled-random formula to first decide the rarity of the Nefty being hatched and then generate a random combination of stats within that rarity range. This same system will also be used for generating items in-game that have rarities associated with them.
New Rarity System
With the deployment of our new Incubator system, we are also introducing a Neftie rarity system based on a one-to-five star scale. The table below shows the rarity terms/number of stars associated, stat ranges, and probability of hatching a Neftie of that rarity.
One of the first things you might think when looking at this table, is that the probability to hatch a “Common” Neftie with [0;20[ average stats is fairly high compared to the default Nefties statistics (40% average). However, these probabilities are modeled similarly to other popular games, and as we mentioned, we will balance Aurory Tactics by lowering the default Neftie statistics to 10% for now (we may change this again depending on the data we observe after implementing).
A few things to keep in mind: Aurory Tactics is a game of skill. A good player who really studies the game will still be able to beat an averagely invested player, even while playing with free Nefties. With more users playing Tactics and hatching eggs, we expect that Nefties that have been viewed as “Common” will quickly become “Uncommon” or “Rare” as intended, and the Neftie supply will be diluted with true “Commons”, which will bring us back to a more healthy balance again.
Star System
Your Neftie will have a visual representation of rarity on its NFT card in the form of stars that can range from one to five. The number of stars that a Neftie has displayed on its NFT card will represent the average stat range of that Neftie as well as the percentage of chances that players will have to hatch a Neftie within that range.
Rarity will play an important factor in the future with the additional mechanics that are planned. Our Design Team is still polishing the exact form that these mechanics will take, but it is safe to say that rare Nefties will come in extra handy, although common Nefties will have a purpose as well!
Another thing you might be asking yourself is: what about Glitched/Shimmering Nefties?
Glitched and Shimmering Nefties will be assigned retrospectively to your Nefties once we have the full flow (NFT and in-game apparence) ready.
All in all, we understand that this is a big change that may concern some players who have grown accustomed to the old system. However, we believe that these changes are in the best interest of us all, to keep our economy balanced and to make your Nefties have even more perceived value. We appreciate you all trusting us to make the best decisions for Aurory and all of its players. Having said that, please keep in mind that Aurory Tactics is still in alpha, which means that there are still hypotheses to test and things to balance. We will continue to collect players’ feedback and monitor data as we have been doing in order to make informed decisions about our platform’s development. Cheers everyone!
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