A New Round of Sloths Mining War. Some changes and improvements already made!

Good evening, buzzers! It's Round 2 of the Sloth Idle Mining game!
Sloths Mining War!

Things have been totally different in today's test compared to a couple of days ago; miner speed has increased, your honey pot is currently every hour with a bonus on the 7th claim (to replicate how it would act over a week). Players can really get some buzz for their time in game this round!

Now, one of the key elements to a successful round is a good early start; you need to be continuously claiming your honey pot and upgrading miners, or you'll be left behind in the competition for the top 10!

The honey pot mechanic we have still to finalise; we're thinking something along the lines of an 8-hour cooldown, allowing you to play several times a day but not needing to be active every hour.

Every time you log in, you should be able to buy some miners; whether you focus on Bees for Honey or Sloths for Honeycomb is your first real decision. Honey gives you the ability to unlock more miners, but Honeycombs allow you to attack or defend from attacks!

Not only that, but both sets of miners have their own boosters; each level of booster can only be held by one player, meaning they give a huge advantage over not owning them. On the other hand, the price doubles after every purchase. So you're paying a premium to take it off the previous owner, and giving them 55% of your paid price! These boosters cooldown over time, slowly drifting the price back to their base price, so if you wait, you could snag one cheap, but will it be too late?

It's the perfect mini game of Hot potato! Don't be left holding the hot potato, but at least in this case, you don't just get your fingers burnt; you get a mining boost for the duration until someone has the nerve to steal it from you once again!

Rounds are currently set at 2 days so we can check how the later game develops with players battling amongst themselves, as well as emptying the burn honey pot and the boss battle pot! Everyone who attacks the boss will earn a share, so it's worth trying to get a few extra honeycombs to throw at the boss before a 'sloth whale' decides to take it head-on and wipes it out! Of course, the boss will reset, and a new pot will begin forming, so there's always time to get involved!

Round 2 is almost 12 hours in, and we're already seeing big movements within the Leaderboard. There's still time to join and earn your share of the rewards. Currently, anyone placed on the leaderboard will receive almost their full 1 Hive entry fee back, so it's a 'free to play' game! Obviously, if more users join, the pot will increase, but so will the competition for the top 10 slots, so don't sloth too much!

We'll be having more rounds of 'testing' before we finalise all the mechanics and set a 'full launch' day! Maybe we'll even boost the pot for the starting round and beyond!

We're looking for feedback, not only in the form of bug reports/issues, but also how you enjoy the game, if you can see yourself playing longer term and what you'd like to see added/changed. I may even start bribing a few of you to join if you join the Slothbuzz Discord. One Hive entry for a one Hive prize seems like a decent use of the next 36ish hours!

Until next time,
Sloth out!