Gangster Arena Introduces Crew Wars to Enhance Teamplay

Gangster Arena is a unique, blockchain-based strategy game where players step into the shoes of mob bosses, aiming to build the most powerful gang. Developed on the Blast Blockchain, the game's main goal is to boost your gang's reputation and climb the leaderboard, with the promise of ETH rewards at the season's end. Here, players engage in a mix of recruitment, gang wars, and strategic planning to dominate the underworld.

Gameplay Basics

To begin, Gangsters and Goons are the essential members of gang in Gangster Arena. Gangsters generate $GREED, the in-game currency, with each able to earn up to 800 $GREED daily. They are also vital in battles, where their skills can be pivotal. Goons, on the other hand, support Gangsters by farming xGREED, an off-chain currency needed for upgrades. 

Safehouses play a key role in boosting a gang's reputation and protecting its resources. Each Safehouse also increases the capacity of Gangsters it can house. This expansion is essential for enlarging gang and enhancing defensive and offensive capabilities. 

Next, Gang Wars add a strategic element to the game. Given this, players can deploy Gangsters in earning, defending, and raiding modes. In earn mode, Gangsters generate an additional $GREED. Defend mode protects $GREED from being stolen by other players, while Raiding allows them to attack others, steal their $GREED, and gain reputation points. These wars, which are resolved every 12 hours, require careful planning and timing, emphasizing the game's strategic depth. The outcome of these wars significantly impacts overall ‘reputation’.

As mentioned, Gangster Arena uses the Blast Blockchain to integrate in-game achievements with tangible blockchain rewards. $GREED, an ERC20 token, is used for purchases and can be traded for ETH. xGREED, although off-chain, can be converted to $GREED, adding another layer of strategy to currency management. This blockchain integration ensures that players are rewarded in ways that extend beyond the game.

Crew Wars in Gangster Arena

In an exciting update, Gangster Arena introduces Crew Wars, a fresh feature designed to emphasize team play. This new mode encourages players to form crews, pooling their resources and efforts to compete for different rewards.

To participate, players can use the in-game currency, $GREED, to join existing crews or establish new ones. The cost of joining varies, with higher-ranking crews demanding a greater fee, thus rewarding players to actively contribute to their crew’s success. 

The rewards in Crew Wars are structured to ensure fair distribution based on individual contributions to the crew's reputation. While the crew leader receives 5% of the total rewards for their leadership role, the remaining 95% is split among the crew members in proportion to their contributions. 

At present, the initial prize pool is valued at over $100,000, and includes 4.5 ETH, 10 million $GREED, 3 million $xU, and 159k Blast Gold. Additionally, the prize pool will grow throughout the season as 3% of all $GREED trading fees and 50% of all $GREED spent are funnelled back into the rewards. This means that the more active and engaged the players are, the larger the potential winnings.

Distribution Based on Crew Rank

The distribution of rewards is tiered based on the crew's rank within the overall competition:

• Rank 1 receives 24%
• Rank 2 gets 19%
• Rank 3 takes 15%
• And so on, down to Rank 10 which receives 1.5%

Alongside Crew Wars, Gangster Arena has implemented several changes to improve the game dynamics. These include allowing players to attack up to three others in Gang Wars, updating the reputation gain for units, and adjusting the pricing formula to be more stable. Moreover, to ensure fair play, the game has removed mechanisms that allowed passive income and made it against the rules to use multiple accounts or bots.

To get started with Gangster Arena, you can access the game via a web browser during an active season.