DragonMaster Community AMA Recap (Sep 8, 2023)
DragonMaster Core Members:
- Ethan Brown
- ChuckRRR
- Daniel | Magic Hat
@BBQ Gaming
It will be a shame if all this marketing and player retention is destroyed by a single update because the developers did not test the app well on different platforms. If you guys are experienced in development and business, which is the case because you have some experienced managers, you should know it is much easier to lose players/users than gain players/users. This is a big blow if you don’t fix this issue immediately. At least make the game stable and playable again even if it means rolling back a version. It is such a shame to see this mistake being made, and it is not the first time this team has shown that it is horrible at growing and maintaining the player base, with successes rare and setbacks common
Thanks for the feedback!
Before we release any new feature, the test engineers fully test the product.
Do you mean the PC Emulator crashed issue?
Due to the synthetic gameplay update, new third-party ad SDK plugins have been added, and they are not allowed to request and play ads using the Emulator, as it will hurt real advertisers and lower DragonMaster’s credit score on ads platforms. Without any preview, the app crashed, which is a really bad experience and we will review the development work and process.
If there is any crashed issue on real mobile devices, please contact us immediately and we will expedite the process for you.
In the long run, DragonMaster will gradually move closer to real mobile devices and emulators will eventually become history. I know that this will definitely hurt the experience of some users, but we believe this is the hard and right decision.
So base on this we pc players cant play anymore ?
Now yes, there may be some PC emulators that still work, it doesn’t affect the
@BBQ Gaming
Having said that, let me give my first impression, some feedback and some bigger concerns on the new synthesis game mode and the purpose behind it.
Personally, I spent quite a lot of time yesterday leveling up the dragons and even went ahead to spend a few thousand totem to reach level 41. The initial gameplay is quite addictive because of the simplicity and some of the features in between like getting mUSDT cards and turntable/shake feature, and also the goal of reaching the raffle keeps the player motivated on first glance.
However, the benefits end there. After the end game, there is nothing to do besides farming for level 41 dragons to do the raffle. Maybe the goal of the team is to create a ‘farm’ mode rather than a new ‘game’ mode, but if that is the case I think it is a shame. Because I can see that a lot of resources were put into this game mode. The resources could have been used to make the main battle game better, or make a game mode that actually integrates well with the battle mode or the dragon master eco system as a whole, for example an adventure mode that utilizes burning of resources such as props/dragons.
I think even for f2p players, the gameplay gets boring fast, and the word will spread that the end game rewards (level 41 raffle) are not worth it at the moment. I understand that more features can be added in and need to be added in to this game mode. But I question, is the synthesize game mode even the way forward? Is it worth putting so much effort and resources into this game mode when the it can be done for a RPG or adventure style game with more battling/crafting elements. Would like to hear what are the team’s thoughts on this, and the plan moving forward to make this game mode much more fun and addictive. Because from what I am seeing, there is very limited potential for this game mode, and it is much more like a casual idle farm which does not help with the dragon master ecosystem at all imo.
Thanks for the questions!
You might want to pay attention to what more community members have to say about the synthesis gameplay, rather than just sticking to your own opinion. In the meantime, I’m happy to share my thoughts on synthetic gameplay with you:
1. DragonMaster’s development team has been updating features around the “play” and “earn” aspects of the crypto world. At the core of Synthesis Gameplay is the introduction of a new “Free Earn” mode, while keeping the game fun and easy to play.
2. Synthesis gameplay differs from battle gameplay in that it does not require a dragon NFT to battle, and is suitable for every player. When the battle energy is used up, or when the player is free, he can synthesise and upgrade, participate in the ranking, and have the chance to draw prizes, which is also a kind of leisure gameplay and brings pleasure to the player.
3. Synthesis gameplay provides different channels for free players and paid players:
- Free players: they can get gold by watching ads, it takes more time to level up to 41, and then free draws.
- Paying players: they can buy gold or pets through TOTEM, spend less time to level up to 41, and then draw for free.
4. Help to the ecosystem:
- Free players watch ads: can generate a meagre ad revenue for the dev team, which we can use to buy back tokens or share with players.
- Paying players spend TOTEM: can help burn TOTEM economy.
5. Help for combat:
Before Synthesis gameplay, new players were at a disadvantage in battles without Dragon NFTs or Dragon Experience Cards. Now with the release of Synthesis Gameplay, new players can get locked Dragon Experience Cards (cannot be recycled, cannot be traded, and can only be used by themselves) through Synthesis Gameplay to improve their strength in battle. Gradually learn about various Dragon NFTs and increase their interest in purchasing NFTs.
6. Preview:
In September, we will continue to update the mUSDT revenue sharing plan about synthetic gameplay, the development team is willing to share the advertisement revenue with the players, so that every player can earn real money in DragonMaster through multiple ways!
7. Our vision of founding DragonMaster:
- To give every player in the world the right to earn in entertainment.
- For every player in the world to have a crypto wallet (DM wallet).
- For every player in the world to have their own crypto assets (NFT, tokens).
- The moment when every player in the world has a fair and equal opportunity to create the pinnacle of wealth
@jemeison|RetiredBOT|DragonMaster
Can you also make payment for rental is totem?
Thanks for the question
1. The reason for using DMT as a payment method for rentals is because we need more scenarios for using DMT.
2. Essentially, TOTEM and DMT are both tokens and both can be used as payment for any function. Secondly, there is a way for players who own TOTEM to convert it to DMT and thus rent Dragon NFT.
@Kingkorg | HOK
when nft staking?🤣
Thanks for the question!
The technical team is working on it and plans to release it in September.
@T lleCell B
I share the same sentiment and feedback…I can appreciate the effort that the dev team has poured into developing another aspect of the dragonmaster app but I feel that this effort is misdirected and sadly will be futile….
i have to point this out that this is not the first time that the dev team has done this and in fact it is more of a habit. this was done with the release of the “lucky spin mode” and even way back with the loot battle mode… where the players did not really want them (not even needed them).. players were asking for update on the main game (balance and improvement)
if we keep this type of progression, I fear that we will end up loosing players and loose the momentum again. it is good that there is actual thought on expansion but i feel that the quality of the current modes/games/aspect should be at least improved to like 90% good quality first before introducing things that were not even wanted/requested
i would like to suggest that the team introduce a guild tournament mode, to make guild tournaments more organic in-game thus will help facilitate smooth tournaments…. the game replay which has been requested by people has not been made possible yet (can the dev team direct their effort to making this possible?)
another request that I have personally been asking for; is better scholar management interface, where we could generate daily scholar statistics. improvements like this could really help the current community and not loose players
Thanks for the questions
1. We must admit that no one thing can get 100% approval from everyone.
2. Data is the best fact, after the release of Synthesis gameplay, Indonesian players have grown rapidly and surpassed the Philippines as number one in terms of ad revenue. The community should be able to feel the user growth in the last two months, this is the number one data indicator that our development team and the community should always focus on.
3. Or let’s put it another way, by focusing all development resources on expanding the battle gameplay of Dragon, the game effect has increased from 70% to 90%, but the user growth is only 5%. Focus development resources on effectively improving user growth, although the game effect is still 70%, but user growth from 5% to 90%, or even 200%. Which one would you choose?
4. Please believe us, any decision or feature that we make, which may seem counterintuitive at times, is an effort to maximize the benefits to the community and to find new avenues for growth. When everyone thinks it’s right, that’s exactly when it’s most dangerous. When it works, what was previously questioned and unfathomable becomes a thing that everyone imitates and praises.
5. daily scholars stats, which we will also be posting in September, please.
@Brylle
Why does every time a player reports an issue they will be asked for a video ?
Do you guys think we do recordings every time?
Do you not believe a player when reporting an issue?
And why it needs our wallet address when reporting, what does it help?
Thanks for your questions!
The fact that you have these questions is that we are not doing a good enough job in the process of helping players solve their problems, and we will be working hard to improve this process.
1. For basic questions, we only need the player to provide a game account ID, no wallet address is needed, as this is sensitive information for the player.
2. Other issues: We can’t identify the problem through the player’s text description, we need to provide more game information, such as screenshots or video recordings, in order to better help the technical team to find the problem and solve it.
We will be releasing a standardized document for players to report problems and what information they need to provide in order to reduce the amount of unnecessary and ineffective information being provided.
Then why do the mod ask for the address?
I’ll highlight this with the mod. Most of the basic questions only require the uid to be provided.
When airdrop
Oct, I guess.
So base on this we pc players cant play anymore ?
Now yes, there may be some PC emulators that still work, it doesn’t affect the
if we have a problem with this update on PC….. can you provide the old version of APK so that our players ca finish this season…. I believe many of us suffer a big hit bcos they cant play anymore… and I have to help them play 3 games to avoid penalty…..
Older versions are automatically upgraded to newer versions. It is recommended that scholars use a real mobile device to download DragonMaster.
What are your plans with the MODs of DM if found out that they are tolerating cheating like recruiting players who are doing multi accounting in tournaments… I suggest they should be terminated as MOD.
MODs should be the role models in the game and should not allow these kind of thing. It will be a bad image to other players and they will have a mindset that it’s okay to do these cheatings because a MOD allowed it to happen.
If there is evidence of MOD cheating, please report it to us immediately!
are those gems will be useful sir on the next breeding event? any update on this matter sir?.
Still useful. For the next breeding program, we may release a boost in the breeding role of gemstones
I am unable to post questions for the past 3 AMAs… Am I being banned?
We have not banned anyone. Please submit your questions during the opening period of the collection. If it is caused by your Discord problem, please try to use the web.
If not using emulator, then we should develop a proper pc version
We will see big dau drop in weekly data next week because of this
In the short term, there are no development plans for the PC version. This would double maintenance resources and costs
Also I suggest a feedback channel for synthesis mode
In the personal center of the app, there is a unified feedback channel
is there a breeding event sir after the season 14?
Yes!
I play card modes when my energy runs out. Hoping some credits to those stars. 😇
There is no definite reward program at this time, and if there is, it will be announced through community announcements
Finally, a big thank you to everyone for participating, and to @Ethan Brown @ChuckRRR @Daniel | Magic Hat for answering questions! !
