Star Atlas recently released their game economics paper detailing how $ATLAS and $POLIS tokens will interact with the game. Since token pre-sales concluded not too long ago, I wanna sharing what I think of the game economics and tokenomics in this post. Before that, check out their dope ass trailer and the newly launched interactive website! Screenshot from Star Atlas homepage

Goals of the economy

Under "Skill-Tree Progression" with their aim to "minimize player fatigue and multi-account clutter": ...By employing a skill tree approach, the game allows its users to dedicate their time and resources to a certain activity. This allows them to unlock perks and bonuses from their skill tree that they can then purchase with ATLAS... Right off the bat, it's clear that Star Atlas is not Free-to-Play (F2P) but Pay-to-Win (P2W). Probably a good thing for $ATLAS holders, not so good for players with tight pockets. At first I thought it was a strange...