Yesterday midnight, my time, or at a decent hour in the Americas, the claim drop interface(s) for Ragnarok became public.
Except, things have changed compared to my previous post on the topic. Which is fine, but since this claim drop is based on a snapshot of liquid HIVE and HIVE Power people had at the beginning of January (Jan 6 to be exact), it is very likely many don't follow news about Ragnarok because they are not gamers or simply they have their own circles of interest, and such an information reaches them with some delay and usually when there is enough fuss about it on Hive in general.
That's why we can't rely that an announcement made by the official Ragnarok account has reached them. I learned in time that many of the breaking news on Hive - some of them from very popular accounts and shared many times - have yet to reach many of my commenters at least. And that make perfect sense, because people have lives, habits and a number of other people they read regularly. And the more Hive grows, the smaller the slice each of us can cover by ourselves is.
Now that I've digressed enough, let's get back to Ragnarok claim drop.
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I mentioned at the beginning things have changed compared to the initial announcement about how the claim drop will work.
What remained the same?
- the claim drop started on April 20th, 2022
- claiming will be possible for one month, after which, if you haven't claimed your tokens, they are forfeited, and will be introduced in the game as rewards for playing it
- this is a one-time claim, not monthly claims, like in the case of SPK Network
What changed?
- the token you will claim changed. Instead of Ragnarok Claim Tokens (RCTs), you will claim DUAT (realm of the dead in ancient Egyptian mythology) tokens and you receive 1 DUAT for every HIVE/HP you had in your account(s) on Jan 6
- RCTs are not out of the picture, and there is this formula linking the two tokens: 1 RCT = ~112 DUATs
- and finally, the NFTs will be dropped based on this formula: 1 Ragnarok NFT = 1 RCT
- the site where you can claim your DUAT tokens has changed as well. Instead of spk.dlux.io, you should now claim your DUAT tokens from this link (it's a link inside the DLUX domain). There is an alternative to use RagnarokNFT.info - and it is really easy to use - but you can't see, move or trade your DUAT tokens from this site, you can only claim them. You will need Hive Keychain to claim your tokens.
I recommend that you use their official step-by-step guide.
What wasn't announced is if there will be another intermediary step where we'll have to do something to swap DUATs to RCTs. And then the final step to claim the NFTs using the RCTs.
For me, this process is ok, meaning manageable. For a regular person, keeping track of everything going on and all these relationships and steps is most likely not fun. The interesting part is, the more people don't follow through and give up on claiming their drops, the more rewards remain for those who will play the game competitively.
And something else that Dan confirmed during the CTT. The NFTs we will receive will be random and it will be very difficult to form a complete deck (with 5 pawns and 1 of each gods - king, queen, bishop, knight and rook). And we will need a complete deck to play the game. What I still wonder is if there is a certain drop rate, based on the NFT chess archetype. For example, a higher chance of receiving pawns and a much lower chance to receive a king or a queen. This can be in conjunction with the differentiation between regular and gold cards, that will affect rewards you'll win. And I suppose there will be a lower chance to receive a gold card compared to the regular version.
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Maybe I am just a little bit cynical, but sometimes it seems to me that a lot of airdrops are structured to be "pretty complicated" specifically with the expectation that a lot of people will drop out along the way.
That might not be a bad thing, actually, as it somewhat limits how many tokens effectively end up in circulation. Still, it can also be rather frustrating for "regular" users.
=^..^=
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I think you might be right. Although things don't necessarily need to be complicated, they just need to require some action, potentially repeatedly, and you already lost many of the potential airdrop recipients.
I was one day late in claiming my tokens. It's good that @geekgirl's post yesterday reminded me of the scheduled date. I also noticed the change in the token and I like the new sites, especially the ragnarok testnet.
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The testnet for Ragnarok should be a few months away. NFTs need to drop first.
I mean the other site where you can claim your DUAT. Though it is not the actual testnet, there is this (Testnet) Ragnarok label referring to the site. I like its appearance. Very attractive.
Would you add a link, if it's different than this or this? Thanks!
Yes, the first link. I am referring to the label on the left upper tab. When I clicked the landing page, I find it very attractive.
I think they forgot to change the window title, but it's definitely not on a test net, since the tokens are real and have been traded too for HIVE.
Is there anything else you can do with DUATS right now or do we just wait for the trade for RCTs?
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You can sell them or centralize them to one account. But I don't recommend that you sell them.
I claimed my tokens today and I will have more than 10 RCT which makes me really happy, I hope it will be enough to play the game
edit: I came from listnerds and thanks for the reminder to claim
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I don't want to be the one shattering hopes here, but 10 RCTs means you will receive 10 NFTs. That means you'll have to be served a perfect deck, with no more, no less than 5 pawns, and exactly one of each of the gods (no doubles!).
Of course, if you have 5 pawns and 5 gods, you will probably be able to exchange your god doubles with other players so you get what you need and they what they need. But also, the king and queen will be more valuable than the rest of them, so they will be harder to come by or at a higher cost.
This means I will have to use some of my funds to buy more DUATS or just straight away buy the NFTs I need,
I am really looking forward to the game since it is so complex and I consider myself a good overall pokerplayer (I used to make a lot of money winning online and live tournaments)
I just wanna play this game :D
Yep, I believe so. Probably DUATs will be cheaper, because there are many people who don't want to be involved with the game who will claim them, and their probable action will be to dump them. DCTs or NFTs is already another level, and by then tokens will be in the hands of holders, which means higher prices in my opinion.
With the claim drop I would have 116 RCTs, but I still think I might not have a full deck, without making exchanges afterwards.
Oh thanks for the heads up I almost missed this announcement. Going to claim mine now
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You have a month to do it. The problem is we forget, so it's better to do it now as you said. Remember to check all your accounts if you have more than one.
A lot of people are claiming and dumping, so put those buy orders in for some very discounted DUAT.
At this price each RCT/NFT would be about 0.70 HIVE each.
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Hmm, only 30% discount. Can we do better? :)
I managed to claim my DUAT last night. Not sure what I will do with them yet. It was a pretty simple process though. Thanks for sharing the update.
!CTP
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Nice! You'll have enough time to decide what to do with them.
That's good to know. The game itself seems super complicated. If they handle it like Splinterlands where you can buy assets in the game and rent them out, that would be something I would lean toward doing. Thanks, @gadrian! Have an awesome Sunday and week ahead.😀
Dan mentioned renting will be possible. Not sure if they'll build it, or they expect a 3rd party tp do it, or if it will be possible at first or later.
Thanks for the info, @gadrian! Enjoy your day! 😀
I have to try again to claim my tokens, yesterday it didn't go through for me. So have to try it again, and thanks to your #listnerds mail I got the reminder I needed.
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I tried both interfaces and they both worked for me on 3 accounts (well, 4, but I had mothing on the 4th).
Thanks for the reminder. I claimed and since I had more than 7,5k HP in my account when the snapshot was taken, I am looking forward to quite a few NFTs once they drop. Cool stuff!!!
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7500 / 112 ~= 67 NFTs for you. :)
Yes! I thought that was pretty nice haha :)
Thanks for keeping us updated.
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You're welcome.