Original - Odaily
Author - 0xSekiro
From the opening of the pre-season version on October 10 to now, Bigtime’s new version gold-mining activity has been going on for nearly half a month. In the past half month, the game officials have adjusted the economic model rules several times, causing the gold farming efficiency to drop again and again. Therefore, some studios have chosen to leave.
“Adjusting the economic model is normal behavior for game products,” some gold users said. However, some people can still make money by gold now. And some studios have persisted.
Odaily came to an interesting conclusion through interviews with a number of studios that have participated in Bigtimes gold mining, or are still working on gold mining:Many newly entered studios chose to leave after the rule changes; while the studios that Bigtime entered in the early days still chose to stick to it.
What’s more interesting is that in the craze of Bigtime gold farming, there are different gold mining logics between new studios and old studios, different gold mining methods between big R players and flat players, and new concepts spawned by the Bigtime gold farming context. business. These are all phenomena worthy of attention in this craze.
In addition, Odaily has a more detailed analysis of the specific gameplay and mechanism of Bigtime. For details, please seeDid you miss the opportunity to enter by repeatedly jumping in front of Bigtime? 》
The old studio still continues, but the new studio chooses to leave
From Coinman_labsCryptoJimi is an old gold mining OG currently active in the Bigtime game. He has been deeply involved in the Bigtime ecosystem with his friends since 2022, and purchased 7 pieces at a high price last year for $14,680. Big Black (Exalted Large Space, the highest quality and largest land in the Bigtime game.)
Although after that, the price of Dahei experienced a sharp decline, and until now, it is still hovering around $4,000. CryptoJimi lost a total of about $70,000. But CryptoJimi has not lost faith in Bigtime.
On October 10, the day the preseason started, CryptoJimi rushed in without hesitation.
One account can produce about 10,000-15,000 Tokens per day. Later, the official lowered the dungeon explosion rate and increased the difficulty of the dungeon, and the gold mining efficiency dropped. But until now, one account can still produce 2,500 Tokens per day. .
The picture shows the gold mining process of CryptoJimi game account
According to CryptoJimi’s data, based on the highest price of Bigtime tokens on October 13, which was 0.3 US dollars, in the early days, one account on CryptoJimi could earn 3,000-5,000 US dollars in revenue per day. With four accounts, it took about 3 days to make a profit from the previously purchased Dahei. Give the loss to Cover. Even if a single account only produces 2,500 Tokens per day, based on the current price of around US$0.15, the daily income is still around US$400.
The picture shows the display of gold trophies
If this model can be maintained, it will be equivalent to a monthly income of 100,000, which is comparable to Alibaba P 8. Xiaoxin, another gold player, said. But at the same time, he also said that such results do not happen every day.
Different from the studios teamwork, as a solo player, sometimes it is difficult to form a stable team. This is also one of the areas where Bigtime is currently unfriendly to newcomers.
At present, there are three unfriendly aspects for newcomers entering Bigtime:
1. It’s not easy for newbies to form a team. There is no friend system in the game. If players want to find regular teammates, they often need to find people off-site and establish contact.
2. Equipment levels are poorly matched to each other. For a game based on gold-making, gold-making efficiency is naturally the first priority.And as long as one person in the 6-person team has a low-quality hourglass, it will affect the gold income of the entire team.
Each instance has equipment rarity requirements to participate in.
Its very metaphysical. We are also exploring. Sometimes the gold-making effect is better when six people are all green hourglasses than when there are five people with blue hourglasses and one person with white hourglasses. CryptoJimi said, “But it’s not all about numerical values. After all, the lucky value of 5 blue hourglasses is the same as 6 green hourglasses, which is 690.”
3. Bugs frequently appear in the game. Since the preseason, bugs have frequently appeared in the game, and these bugs are often difficult to resolve immediately. For example, there is a bug in the game blind box that is repeatedly opened. The game blind box is an NFT resource of Bigtime and can be used to open props such as time guards. Some players exploited the bugs repeatedly opened in blind boxes for arbitrage. After the official discovered this bug, they banned the relevant accounts, but will unblock them accordingly in the future.
There is also the problem of the hourglass being swallowed. After some players use crystals to time-charge the hourglass, the hourglass sometimes disappears.
“This BUG has not yet been fixed.” However, according to CryptoJimi’s understanding: After the game became popular, there was a large influx of new players. In addition, its US headquarters initially had fewer employees and did not have the custom of working overtime, so there would be an accumulation in the background. Submit work orders for many bugs. As the official begins to expand its staff, the BUG problem should be alleviated a lot in the future.
“This game is slowly getting better.” This is the general evaluation of Bigtime by old studios represented by CryptoJimi. However, KK, a new studio player who recently joined the team, chose to leave at the same time.
In Gryphsis Academys discussion about Bigtime, KK said that the reason why his studio chose to leave was to figure out its specific position in the game ecological food chain.
“On the first day of gold trading on October 10th, six numbers were played for almost 30,000 yuan. However, on October 13th, I found that the cost of time crystals had increased 10 times. After calculation, I felt that the profit was not that high.”
The Time Crystal is a prop used to speed up the Time Guards charging hourglass, and is also one of Bigtimes standard equipment for gold mining.
In addition, other costs are also increasing. For example, the Time Guardian has increased from an initial price of $800 to a maximum of $1,800, and a purple time hourglass has also increased from an early $770 to nearly $2,000.
On the one hand, it is a question of income. On the other hand, KK believes that the current model may not last long.
Currently, most of the players participating in gold mining are internal beta players and old studios (who have lower-cost production materials), as well as some new studios. There are only a small number of new players who entered the game because of the token Fomo. KK The worry is that players who entered the market because of the token Fomo will also leave the market because the token fell.
In fact, gold farming depends on market sentiment. For example, the early RACA game was popular for a while when it was rumored that it was made by Musks mother. Later, the MEME effect failed and the game went cold. KK said, The key is to find Know your place in the food chain.
Time Hourglass Charging Station: A new choice for flat players
For example, new businesses derived from the explosion of Bigtime games:Crystal charging business. It is jokingly called the charging pile business by players.
Players make a profit by buying empty hourglasses on the market, charging them, and then selling them to players in need. Taking a legendary hourglass as an example, one with 414.97 minutes of remaining time is currently priced at $2,999, while one with more remaining time, such as 30,200 minutes, is priced at $6,999.
After the price increase, 500 time crystals can be purchased for almost $50. Players who specialize in the charging pile business can first buy empty hourglasses at a low price, and then sell them at a high price after charging is completed to obtain the price difference.
OG player Red Bull is one of the representatives. According to CryptoJimi, Red Bull stockpiled a lot of Space at low prices last year and now specializes in manufacturing hourglasses.
In fact, both CryptoJimi and Xiaoxin believe that the game itself is quite fun, regardless of gold farming. If you don’t want to play so radically, it might be a good choice to be a Buddhist-style lay-down player and run a charging pile business or use it as a side job after work.
This is exactly what the game officials are looking forward to, so that the game cycle will be long-lasting, and dont have too strong a gambling mentality. Red Bull said.
