Chapter Two Major Changes Receive Negative Reviews, Is Pixels Still Worth Participating In?
Buying materials from the store to complete tasks at home, unable to find land to plant, insufficient backpack space, and the task board token rewards are pitifully low...Author: Asher, Odaily Planet Daily
After much anticipation, the delayed Chapter Two of Pixels has finally launched. As the chain game with the highest daily active users in the Ron ecosystem, the announcement of Chapter Two's release instantly energized communities both domestically and internationally, sparking discussions on the latest gold farming strategies to get ahead. However, as users continue to experience the game, the community atmosphere is filled with grievances:
- "The design is a bit inhumane; the task board is at home, but to buy things, you have to run out to the store. What about playing?"
- "Originally, the materials had many levels that occupied backpack slots, but each slot can now hold a maximum of 99 items. The backpack fills up quickly; how are we supposed to play? Do we have to keep running back and forth?"
- "The materials I've stockpiled, except for cotton, are practically worthless; hoarders are losing big."
- "I spent a lot of coins refreshing the task board, but the rewards are often just 0.2 or 0.25 coins. Why are the rewards getting smaller? Didn't they say they cleared out many bot accounts?"
- Although the team has emphasized in multiple AMAs that a lot of effort went into Chapter Two, the current community feedback indicates that most real players are very dissatisfied, citing significant changes to the game and reduced rewards. Below, we will analyze Chapter Two of Pixels based on practical experience and community feedback.
Introduction
Image source: Official Twitter
Pixels is a metaverse farming game launched in 2021 that recreates the atmosphere of classic 16-bit role-playing adventures, allowing players to navigate a pixel art world, interact with each other, farm land, play mini-games, and earn token rewards. It also allows holders of selected NFT profile picture (PFP) collectibles to use their owned avatars in the game.
In terms of financing, Pixels has completed two rounds of funding:
- On February 11, 2022, it announced the completion of a $2.4 million seed round, led by Animoca Brands and PKO Investments, with participation from OpenSea, Untapped Capital, and Leonis Capital;
- On February 8, 2024, it announced the completion of a $4.8 million strategic round.
Additionally, Pixels launched mining on Binance at 08:00 (UTC+8) on February 9, 2024, lasting for 10 days, and trading began at 18:00 (UTC+8) on February 19, 2024.
Summary of Major Changes in Chapter Two
Major Change One: New Skills and Merging of Existing Skills
New skills, Stoneshaping and Metalworking, have been added, and the upgrade curve has been adjusted with changes to the experience points required between levels. Additionally, several skills from Chapter One have been merged, including: Farming, Forestry, Cooking, Mining, Woodwork, Animal Care, Business, and Exploration.
Overview of Skills in Chapter Two
The materials produced by each skill, current market prices, and profit situations can be viewed in the "Resources" and "Crafting" sections on pixels.tips.
pixels.tips
Major Change Two: Task Board Moved to Players' Own Speck
After entering "My Speck," go into the main room shown in the image below and click "Infinifunnel" to view the task board.
According to community feedback, the token rewards on the task board are significantly lower than in Chapter One, with frequent occurrences of 0.2, 0.25, and 0.5 Pixels token rewards.
Latest Task Board
Major Change Three: Both Speck and the main room can be upgraded (initially requiring coins, later requiring Pixels tokens).
Speck Upgrade: Click on Home in Speck, then click "Upgrade" to upgrade;
Main Room Upgrade: Enter the room, click "House Manager," then click "Upgrade" to upgrade.
Major Change Four: The time to plant crops has been significantly reduced, and only one person can plant on each piece of land at the same time. Trees can be purchased from the store to plant in Speck, and their planting time has also been greatly reduced.
On one hand, as shown, only one person can plant on each piece of land at the same time. Additionally, it is important to note that you must meet the skill level requirements to plant corresponding plants (see the table below for the relationships).
On the other hand, as shown in the image below, trees are no longer rare; they can be purchased from the store to plant in Speck, and their planting time has been significantly reduced.
In addition, the backpack has increased to 12 slots, the maximum limit per slot has decreased to 99 items, and the main room can restore energy by sleeping, among other changes.
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Team Feedback
In this major upgrade of Chapter Two, communities both domestically and internationally have expressed various complaints on social media. Pixels founder Luke posted on the X platform, stating that feedback regarding rapid energy consumption and insufficient token rewards has been noted. Chapter Two aims for real users to receive more rewards. Therefore, the team is willing to attempt an update tomorrow to change the token rewards and will continue to adjust in the coming weeks to ensure real users' profits.
Response from Pixels founder Luke to community feedback
Conclusion
Overall, the eagerly awaited Chapter Two has not only failed to bring refreshing gameplay innovations but has also resulted in lower rewards than Chapter One. The level of server congestion also indicates that current user enthusiasm for continuing to experience Chapter Two is not very high (only 8 crowded channels).
Server congestion level
Despite the founder Luke's repeated promises in AMAs to ensure real user profits, and the banning of many bots, the profits for real users have actually decreased. Additionally, the guild fragments that the team has consistently emphasized have not brought more benefits to players, which has indeed disappointed loyal players. The only comforting aspect is that the team has responded quickly and positively to the community's negative feedback and expressed a willingness to improve and continuously optimize. So, are you looking forward to the team's future updates for Chapter Two?
