Are the dcity in-game events worth it?
Are the dcity in-game events worth it?
One of the most awesome features of dcity is the fact that other tokens can be used in the game. The BEER token, CCC token, Stem token, Weed token, Gamer token and the DEC token can all be used to fund an event in your dcity.
And the price of the Science convention and the Weed Fest have been lowered. Only 50 STEM for a Science convention, instead of 100 and only 30 Weedcash for the Weed Fest instead of 75!
Since all these hive-engine tokens can be bought and sold. Their prices fluctuate. This means that a certain price point it is just not worth it, but also when the price is low enough it can be an absolute no-brainer.
I have compared the prices and the amount of tokens you need for an event and would like to share with you what I found out. I will list the event, the current price in Hive and SIM and the benefits of the event. Finally I will tell you if I think it is worth it to hold such an event in your dcity, or if you would be better of just buying cards from the market. Since these prices change constantly I might start doing a weekly update post to tell you if you should get some of these tokens.
I do use the lowest selling order price for the token to calculate the total price, since I assume that you would want to immediately buy the tokens. You could obviously try to get your tokens cheaper by setting a buy order that has a lower price than the highest sell order. But that makes my calculations a bit more complicated and I choose to not do that. If you can get the tokens cheaper, then you probably should.
BEER Fest
The Beer Fest requires 5 BEER tokens and at the current selling price of 0,478 Hive (it is actually Swap.Hive on hive-engine) this makes the total cost 2,39 Hive or if you convert SIM for it then it costs you 483 SIM.
This gives you a 20% chance to get a worker or a hard worker every 2 hours. So on average you should get about 2,4 workers per event. But you can be very lucky with these events or not, so I cannot guarantee that it will work the first time. But by the time you had a 100 events, you should see that probability show up in the results.
Now Workers and especially Hard workers are really useful and I think hard workers are also quite overpriced on the market. So personally I would definitely sell a Hard worker and try to fund the next BEER event with it.
The average price for a Hard worker on the market in the last 30 days was 514 SIM, while Basic homes and Luxury homes are selling for the much lower prices. So sell that Hard worker, buy a basic or Luxury home if you like and you will have a profit, higher income in case of the Luxury home and you have more Population.
Finally, the BEER Fest also boosts your popularity, which means that you will likely also get some extra Homeless or Immigrants cards as well.
All in all, I think that a BEER Fest is a good event at this price point and quite a good allocation for your funds.
Science Convention
The Science Convention requires 50 Stem tokens and at the current selling price of 0,26 Hive (it is actually called Swap.Hive on hive-engine) this makes the total cost 13 Hive or if you convert SIM for it then it costs you 2626 SIM. This makes the Science convention very expensive, but it still can be lucrative.
It gives you a 20% chance to get a scientist every 2 hours. So on average you should get about 2,4 scientists per event.
The great benefit of scientists is that they not only provide you with 1 Population, but also 1 Education, which is useful for discovering Technologies. Something that a lot of dcity players are very interested in.
The average price for a Scientist card on the market in the past 30 days was 127 SIM, so you would better buy them on the market than get them through this event. That would give you 20 scientists, rather than a chance for 2,4 of them.
Also the Science convention will give you an Education bonus for the duration of the event, so it will increase your chances to discover a Technology. If you get a tier 2 or higher technology this way, then it is worth it. But you better buy the tier1 technologies on the market, since they have become really cheap.
But this is not all! Every day you can now win a STEM miner if you run a Science convention in your dcity. STEM miners are now bought on the market for 20 Hive, so if you win one then you certainly have a profit.
This makes the Science convention really a lottery. You could be really lucky and get a STEM miner or a tier 3-5 technology and then it would be really worth it. But you could also get nothing. So it is up to you to decide if you want to take part in this lottery for 13 Hive.
Art Convention
The Art convention requires 250 CCC tokens and at the current selling price of 0,0062 Hive (it is actually Swap.Hive on hive-engine) this makes the total cost 1,55 Hive or if you convert SIM for it then it costs you 313 SIM. This makes that the Art convention the cheapest event in dcity.
It gives you a 20% chance to get an Artist every 2 hours. So on average you should get about 2,4 artists per event. That is about 97,5 SIM per Artist. Considering that Artists are being sold for about 101 SIM, it means that on average you should run a profit if you sell manage to sell the Artists on the market for 100+ SIM.
The benefit of Artists is that they now give you the chance of discovering Art NFT’s that were bought in the NFT showroom. So it is a support of those Artists that make the NFT’s and you get the full rights to the Art NFT. This is likely the reason why the price of Artists has gone up.
Finally you also have an increased chance to discover new backgrounds for your dcity. Those can be sold, or you can use them for your own dcity background.
WEED Fest
The Weed Fest requires 30 WEED tokens and at the current selling price of 0,174 Hive (it is actually Swap.Hive on hive-engine) this makes the total cost 5,22 Hive or if you convert SIM for it then it costs you 1054 SIM.
The event gives you a 20% chance to get an Artist every 2 hours. So on average you should get about 2,4 Artists per event. But clearly at this price in comparison with the Art Convention, you should not choose the Weed Fest. Also it has a lower Creativity bonus than the Art convention.
So why would anyone still start a Weed Fest? That is for the bonus it creates for Weed Farms. It doubles Weed Farm production. My Weed Farm produces about 0,014 WEED on average per day. So this means that even with the current price for WEED there is a break-even point for the Weed Fest. This is the point where your Weed Farms produce more than 30 WEED daily.
Weed Farms are really popular at the moment, because the price of Weed has gone up. So almost daily the income drops as more people sell the Weed tokens, rather than start new events. This drains the pool and reduces the income the Weed Farms produce.
But if you can spend 30 WEED to produce more than 30 WEED, then you make a profit. The extra backgrounds and Artists are just a bonus. You would need 2142 Weed farms for it though, so I guess no one will be able to accumulate such a number of Weed Farms. But it would be an interesting strategy.
Obviously when you sell the backgrounds and Artists, then you would reach the breakeven point sooner. Also when the price of WEED would go down and more people would start these events, then the pool gets bigger and potentially the Weed farms produce more Weed.
For now I would advise new players to ignore the Weed Fest, because the lower price for the event is countered by the higher price on the market.
Poker Night
The Poker Night requires 20000 Gamer tokens and at the current selling price of 0,000125 Hive (it is actually Swap.Hive on hive-engine) this makes the total cost 2,5 Hive or if you convert SIM for it then it costs you 505 SIM.
This gives you a 15% chance to get a Gambler or 5% chance to get an Addicted Gambler every 2 hours. So on average you should get about 1,8 Gamblers and 0,6 Addicted Gamblers per event. These have negative popularity, so a Gambler is really the same as a Homeless. The Addicted Gambler will at least give you some income, so it is a bit more interesting. Personally I would sell them.
If you have some Casino’s in your dcity, then you will get some Gamer tokens for free and you can then use these to start the Poker Night events. Having Gamblers in your dcity will slightly increase your Casino’s Gamer income, so if you have Casino’s then you might want to hold on to the Gamblers, rather than selling them.
But other than that I would not recommend this event over the Beer Fest unless you want to use the special feature of the Poker Night: lowering the Crime Rate of your dcity. If you have a lot of bank’s, shopping malls or Casino’s, then regular poker nights could help you combat the crime in your dcity and it will likely be worth it, since it now costs only 2,5 Hive and you could sell the Gamblers to reduce the cost even more.
For big dcities with lots of banks, shopping malls and casino’s highly recommended.
Splinter Fest
The Splinter Fest requires 500 DEC tokens and at the current selling price of 0,0055 Hive (it is actually Swap.Hive on hive-engine) this makes the total cost 2,75 Hive or if you convert SIM for it then it costs you 556 SIM.
This gives you a 18% chance to get a Gamer or a 2% chance to get a Splinterlands Dice pack every 2 hours. But I think the packs are now all gone. So on average you should get about 2,16 Gamers per event. But you can be very lucky with these events or not, so I cannot guarantee that it will work the first time. But by the time you had a 100 events, you should see that probability show up in the results.
The Splinter Fest also increases Entry token production from your Stadiums by 5%. These Entry tokens are needed to take part in a Dcity-Splinterlands tournament with awesome prices. So if you are playing Splinterlands, it might be worth it. You can however also get them pretty cheap on the market.
The average price for a Gamer on the market in the last 30 days was 180 SIM, so compared to the price of the event they are not really worth selling. Every Gamer card will also slightly increase the entry production of your Stadiums, so they are worth holding on to.
For Splinterlands players, I think the Splinter Fest is a decent event if you like to participate in the tournament that requires Entry tokens.
Conclusion
If you are looking for an event to get some population, then you should focus on the BEER Fest or the Art convention. At the current prices the Art convention looks best. But the Beer event isn’t bad either. It’s Popularity bonus is really nice, since it will increase your chances to get free Homeless and Immigrants. This works best for small dcities, as big dcities will often already get the maximum number of Homeless and Immigrants cards per day.
The Science convention is useful for boosting your education and increasing your chances of discovering Technologies, but is really too expensive at the moment. The Weed Fest is mostly useful for boosting your Weed Farm’s production and the Poker Night is mostly useful for reducing your crime rate.
Thank you for reading and see you next time!
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very nice! Truly like this post 😊😊 awesome to read more about each event 😉👍🏼
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The maximum number of homeless/immigrants one can get is aready capped to 1 per day. So no city can get more than one, so if you already have chance to receive them close to 30% an hour, it really isn't worth it.
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Thanks and you are correct about the max cap on homeless and immigrants. I guess this makes it ideal for small dcities. The bigger ones already get the max.
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