This is not a complete game review, there's plenty of others out there, such as this one from the respected LazyPeon. When I say 'respected', this dude doesn't pull any punches and has 746k subscribers.
He’s also not a crypto guy so things I take for granted, he struggled with. I didn't find buying a 'Legends of Elumia' NFT difficult, nor setting up a wallet, moving the token into it, and finally to the game.
If you are not into crypto, then expect a difficult curve. I think the Elumia team did great with their five-step tutorial on how to set up a character. The crypto world is like learning to read again, you don't begin at an expert level.
@bulldog1205 gave the game a terrible review, you can watch it here. So with a double negative barrage, I should have kept my distance right? Wrong…
Let's change focus. Lately, I have been getting bored on HIVE and started looking at 'Legends of Elumia' a Solona-based crypto MMO game, that actually is a game (what, SHOCK, those do exist?), but does it have anything, and more importantly, is it fun?
This is NOT a free game and is currently in a closed stage, so if you want to play then you need to buy a character from a Solana marketplace, such as Magic Eden, or Okx.
I am not going to reinvent the wheel and instruct you on how to do all this, as this information is already available here.
…’I tell you the stuff that is not obvious, things I had to figure out myself’…
For a MMO, Legends of Elumia is extremely restricted in classes which consist of Champion (Warrior, tank), BattleMage (Caster, bad tank), and the new Archer (Unknown but likely Ranged and an extremely bad tank).
Character are not generated like any other MMO, but are tradable NFT and as of today only 1854 of them exist, with 136 being available to buy.
...'the cheapest NFT on Magic Eden currently. She's a pissed off lady and angry like many of these girls, and as there's no 'Level' listed, she's Level 1 and fresh'...
The Champions are blokes, the BattleMages are girls, what can I say? stereotyping. The girls all look really pissed off, that’s what you get for showing them their place.
Archers are almost non-existent and currently, there are only 25 in the game after a very stressful mint yesterday. At 2 SOL each, they were gone in seconds, only to be re-listed at quadruple the price on Magic Eden. That's crypto and greed for you.
Not all BattleMages are made equal. Each has THREE skills and they can't be changed as they are NFT attributes. I managed to buy one with some of the worst possible ones, but I didn't want to spend more than 2.6 SOL (yeah, that's $260 floor).
…’are you out of your fucking mind?’
Probably, but I had a gut feeling about ‘Legends of Elumia’ and after playing for three days, feel I was correct. NFTs can be sold as well as bought though the floor appears to be dropping daily.
You can see the attributes before you buy and the level. What.., they don't start at Level 1?
No, you need to start thinking in crypto terms and your character as an NFT. Some of the 'for sale' toons are Level 1, but others could be Level 30, used and dirty... ugh.
'Aerilia Emberbrook' (my toon) has to be the thickest mage ever with an Intelligence of 8. She probably went to the same school as me, where they taught you to fuck around all day and do nothing.
Unlike other MMOs, Intelligence on a BattleMage is linked to the cooldown on your 'Heal' spell. It's all in the Gitbook.
600 words in and I have barely started. I had better show you something that’s not in the book.
Zete gives out daily quests. Don't expect exciting multi-tiered layered class quests. This is a 'Kill 15 Spiders' or similar. I couldn't find this dude when I started, and he gives out ONE quest per day which is considered a Side Mission.
Doing this daily quest gives you DUST, aka crypto! So do it.
Main Quests are not implemented yet. That’s it, ONE quest in the whole game and if you come back too soon, he tells you to go away.
Farkas is your man for Champion gear. Items are priced in DUST, the native game currency. You kill monsters, you get DUST. It's an unashamed grind.
Zhalot likewise sells BattleMage gear. Check these often as I hear great gear occasionally come up for sale and it appears to be a different set per character. What I mean by this is another player will see different gear than you.
Don’t expect it to come cheap. A single dungeon run may yield you 800 DUST, a solo run 500 and it takes time.
You can buy DUST with ‘real-money’, but I will cover that in a later post.
Before you go adventuring, grab a free heal from the tavern. Stand next to her and your health will be 100%. I say this as your health appears to stop regenerating around 70% when out there in the wilds. There are ways around this, and being BattleMage does help.
Dogo will give you a mana refresh. I once went out before getting these freebies, and I would advise you to get them before going out.
Bobotsmith sells gear for all classes, check often to see if there’s some great gear going, but expect it to be a stupidly high price.
There’s an amazing lack of information about the game on the internet. Why are the stats so bad, what’s my damage, what’s my AC? Neither is shown but you can tell what both are.
AC is 0 for a naked character, and although they have no gear, miraculously a spear appears in their hand. Invisible stuff at work again, it must be.
Some stats, but we are hardened RPG peeps and feed on stats, make them visible, will you?
Once you purchase a BP, it will have an AC value. 12 AC is my total AC. If you look in the gear shop you might find something better such as this BP which happens to be the same one I have but higher level.
Add 5 to 12 and you get 17. Now you can see why my maths at school was so useful, and the fact I didn't spend my entire school life farting about.
Now when it comes to damage, add up your main and offhand weapons. Mine come to 78, and that’s my maximum damage.
If you want to test this theory, find the training dummies and start wailing on one. The max number you will see are these 2 figures combined.
At this point, you will be saying to yourself. This looks fucking shit, not the graphics but the basic level of it all, and you would be correct.
Don't forget, crypto gaming is approximately 25 years behind regular games. Saying that Legends of Elumia is WORSE than World of Warcraft when it was released in 2003. I was there and an early adaptor.
...'real players can be identified by their guild and level that can be seen by all. That, and the fact they are all hanging around the portal that starts instances'...
Why bother? Because you can earn while playing, and the game itself is a fucking scream. I partnered with @snarrg last night for an ‘Easy Dungeon’ and haven’t had so much fun in years.
Now I don’t feel so bad for convincing him to part with 2.5 SOL for a BattleMage. In future posts, I will cover Tandaya Forest, how to solo in a game (where you shouldn't be doing this) and tokenomics.
‘Give us the money, give us the fucking money’ – Bob Geldolf (in denial)
We all want money, don't we?
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Wow, last night was an absolute scream, not had so much fun in a game, since the WOW days. I have known @slobberchops for around 25 years, we played many hours in WOW, last night was the most fun I have had in a game since then. Add to that the chance to earn a little bit along the way. glad now that I stumped up the cash to get involved. yes there are things that need improving, but I'm looking forward to many nights of fun, need to improve my gear so we can go back and kick that big dudes ass (we ran away fast) it wasn't very dignified. 😆
LOL, will do another soon, just keep ur wife happy as this is not conducive to good relationships, I don't want to be seen as the 'bad'guy'. I am trying to get another toon as I'm not completely happy with the skillset on mine.
This is great news (below). The reach of LazyPeon is huge.
Expensive but it actually sounds like a good game and you had a good time. Cant wait to find out more now!
It's laughably basic Boomy, but the potential is vast. Pets are soon, I know that because it's ticked in the roadmap and 'bones' have been dropping off mobs, presumably for Fido.
The gameplay I haven't even covered yet, but grouping..., I haven't laughed so much in years. Unheard of in a crypto game. I shipped 2000 DUST out yesterday, for about 2.3 USDT. Not bank breaking, but fun is the factor here.
As long as it is fun is probably what has been missing from a lot of crypto game efforts. Does sounds quite complicated but if people enjoy playing it could go big von big!
This point needs to be reverberated throughout the industry. Fun first, crypto...well native and inherent, but without fun, it is not a game, but a grind.
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Exactly!! And we are all capable of a grind but it's not going to draw in the masses!
I play almost all Hive games, so adding another game to my list might drive me crazy :) !LOL
But in the near future I would like to spend less time on idle and farming games and focus on games that have gameplay and also on games on other platforms like this game you shared that has nice graphics.
2.5 SOL is not an easy entry but I will follow your next posts with interest and may even try it in the near future
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If it takes off, those NFT's may be worth a lot more than 2.5 SOL. Meanwhile I will be having some fun with it. More posts soon.
OK.. I think I need to start paying more attention to the crypto game space now.
Granted I'd never pay that much to play something in such an early stage but looking at the images it's looking fairly good so far already. I get the feeling they are getting the fundamentals done and dusted before opening up.
The idea of also buying a 'dirty' character is interest, imagine you buy a character to play for the first time only to find out it's lvl 30 and also happens to be a wanted murder and everyone in the game is out to capture ya haha. That would certainly give me a laugh login into that.
The second-hand character will be an alien notion to some but in the crypto world makes a lot of sense as it's ownership. Saying that, the prev. owner could have been a bastard leaving a trail of notoriety that the new owner has to deal with, so there's truth in your words!
You've gotten bored in Hive... no! unacceptable 😁
Smart traders will make a lot of money with this game.
Solana is a great coin to hold onto. And eventually everything tied to it will reach a lot of value.
It wont last long, HIVE is my bread and butter!
I have lists that make it interesting to me. I can never get bored.
It looks really well done... almost like WoW..
How does the gameplay feel? And is the cheapest character 260 usd?
The gameplay is very fluid, this is one area it excels in, it looks great. There's no jerky movements, but the instances and mobs are very samey. There's massive potential, and that has got my interest.
About 2.4 SOL now, they are slowly going down. I wish I had bought a better character.
I'd really like to give it a try 🤣 but heck 250 usd just like that is a bit much... lets see if Hive is generous this year and perhaps by the end of it the year the NFT's would be cheaper... or more expensive 🤣
Man gaming is well overdue from having blockchain a part of the picture for the mainstream. I pictured this as an ideal application in 2017 when I started looking closely.
Most of the games I have seen are fun but not really blockchain, or have crypto involved but are boring regressive slogs with fun as the afterthought.
I am enjoying the run up to @holozing and hoping to get my feet wet in this one.
Love to see some fun and properly tokenized gaming and looking forward to seeing your later chapters.
I'm thinking of switching toons already, and that's an expensive idea! Hoping my old 'used' one will sell after getting her to Level 20.
Wow @slobberchops friend, you are definitely a very complete author. This is an excellent review, delivered with a balanced view and eloquently. Obviously, this is a comment on the game aimed at people who already have some experience in the NFT gaming environment, but it is very well written and pleasantly illustrated... Always good content from you!... I think it's unnecessary say it, but I love your works!... Have a happy weekend...
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Nice review! At first when you were talking about your character, I thought you meant thicc!
It's likely an English term, here its well used and known. I'll be doing other posts on this subject. There's a lot to cover.
It looks like it! If I had the spare $250 kicking around, you know I would be in. I'm a bit illiquid at the moment though.
I've been avoiding MMORPGS games on Blockchain since MIR4. Currently the games in this niche seem to me "stuck" in gameplay or in a totally automated way. Your post made me want to research this game a bit more.
I don't know what MIR4 is. This one is admittedly a grind, but presents a lot of challenges to the player, and that's what we want. Loot is very hard to come by, and even trash drops are uncommon. Makes it feel worth it when you get something.
MIR4 was one of the pioneers in adding MMORPGs to a Blockchain, check it out here;
Looks very WOW. But playing WOW for crypto is an attractive idea. The $200+ USD to sign up prices it out of my budget right now, but I'll keep my eyes on it and follow along with your series.
Exactly, if the crypto aspect was not there, I would not be interested. The fact that it's playable and a proper game places this in a very small league.
That is very encouraging to see. I think this is what NFT games need to focus more on; nice fun games with possible earnings on the side, instead of putting too much emphasis on the earning. Unfortunately, 2+ SOL is a bit above my budget.
The game seem to be fun. I’m sure I’d love this game if I decide to give it a try
You had a great time playing it
Wow 746k subscribers !
I will try with playing this game
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I will definitely have to check this out is it for pc only or mobile too
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It looks good, but sadly it's waaay too expensive for me.
Although I did enjoy WoW enough to spend many years on it.
I hope they turn it into something special, that lasts for a very long time 🙏 Unfortunately playing it isn't an option for me, but it does look like fun! What are the monsters like?
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