Playing REALM on Wax - Season 8 is here !

I've been playing REALM on Wax for a number of weeks now. Its a world domination game, involving building and strategy. Season 8 has been running for a week now and will run onto some time in August.

I'm a bit addicted to this game. I've got @mypathtofire to thanks for that !!! He introduced it on one of his game summary update posts which are pretty cool if you want a great overview of a lot of play2earn games.

As you work through the levels you get access to new continents (starting in Africa) and can setup bases there where you can build buildings for resources, etc, and then take on missions. I got access to Asia at level 5, and am now closing in on level 10 which will give me access to North America. I never made it there last season, but only joined the game in the last two weeks of the last season.

The aim during the season is to get as much reputation as you can. You gain reputation from doing missions. I think I'm doing alright so far for a noob. I'm 33rd in the bronze (lowest) league, noting that last season I got to about 975 ! The higher you get, the better the share of the prize pool. As can be seen above, at this point in time I'd be getting 677 RLM (~0.8 HIVE), which is nice. However, I think the prize pool increases over time based on purchases made in game, so I would expect that to go up quite a bit as long as I can maintain that position.

Leaders are an important part of the game. They provide boosts like increasing research or building speed, lead missions and can earn salary when they are put in charge of one of your bases. The number in the bottom left hand corner of each one denotes their level. Completing missions with them gets you more experience, which helps to increase their level. When they level up, their bonuses, salary, etc increase. I've been grinding to level them up where I can. I managed to get them all up a level right at the end of the last season which is good. It also increases their value, so if you played the game for a while, when you then re-sell your leaders, you should make a little profit !

When I open up another continent I'll probably need to buy another 3; 1 to manage the base there and then 2 others to do missions there. The cost of them jumped when season 8 started, along with the price of RLM, so I'm hoping it comes down a bit by the time I get there. They can range quite a bit in price, but I only spend about 1 HIVE or so per leader, which gets me a two star (out of 5 stars). If I wanted to be more competitive I could buy more expensive ones, which I may do at some point, once I know I'm getting a decent return from the game.

REALM is a play2earn game. It pays out in RLM which is a WAX chain token. The most I've earned in a day is 200 RLM (~0.18 HIVE at the time). I currently have 2300 RLM, which is worth about 3.3 HIVE, so it would appear I'm making some form of progress and beginning to earn my investment back (around 6-7 HIVE outlay so far). And I can see that continuing to grow, so I should make profit at some point. However, I simply enjoy the game at this point in time, so the earnings are a bonus !

Anyway, thats my update on the game, its pretty cool and I enjoy playing it. And its also cool to see @tengolotodo in the bronze league too. That gives us something else to compete against (we are also in a race to see who will get to 5k HP first - I'm pretty sure he will win !).

You can check out REALM here. Thats not a referral link.