I'm sorry but I have to disagree with you on a few things. Having our own token creates so much freedom. We can have our own tokenomics and the freedom to mint based on the need. With Hive and HBD, that's not a possibility.
It is not mandatory that you have to use the 1% bridge that Hive Engine team is offering. You can use other bridges that offer as low as 0.1% fees which is definitely reasonable.
Plus Hive Engine has provisions to create and Mint NFTs that are very important for a web3 game.
So maybe your perspective has to change. 😉
This conversation is to nuanced for a text back and forth. I may do a @3speak video soon on this topic.
Nothing you have said changes my mind. As all those points are valid from you view but easily countered from my mine. Which is why this will be better as a video response.
Take care.