The Machines Arena P2A Season 2 is now live, giving anyone the chance to play to airdrop from a prize pool of 22 million $TMA tokens from November 5th to December 3rd. Let’s find out what’s new in this second open beta season of the Ronin-powered top-down hero shooter, and learn more about how you can compete for a bigger share of the token airdrop!
What’s New in The Machines Arena P2A Season 2?
The new season features a couple of adjustments to make it easier to jump in while being more engaging to do so.
To increase player engagement, developer Directive Games has decided to put more focus on the number of matches played during this 4-week season. By increasing rewards for playing matches, the studio aims to reward consistent gameplay while making it the main way of getting a bigger a share of this season’s prize pool. There is now also a cap on party sizes for ranked matches. For this season, only 2 players can set up a party to play through ranked matches together.
Speaking of the prize pool, the 22 million $TMA tokens allocated for reward distribution this season actually represent the remaining 2.2% allocation of tokens that the community can play to airdrop, making this the last chance to scoop up some more tokens before the TGE for $TMA officially takes place.
While VIPs still get a daily login bonus, players no longer need to be VIP to play to airdrop, making it more accessible for everyone to rank up the leaderboard while enjoying an action-packed blockchain gaming experience for free. Teams and scores were also reset before the season started. Repeatable quests have been removed, putting focus on gameplay-related quests instead of win conditions.
How to Play to Earn $TMA in The Machines Arena P2A Season 2
To earn a share of the 22 million $TMA prize pool, you will need to earn points in a number of different ways, mainly involving gameplay. You will also need to rank among the top 6000 players with the highest number of points on the leaderboard to win a certain percentage of the reward pool.
Qualifying for the leaderboard itself requires you to play at least 20 matches. This entry requirement is simpler compared to the first play 2 airdrop event, which also required having VIP to be eligible. This season lets players completely focus on gameplay instead, so the more you play throughout these 4 weeks, the better chances you have of ranking among the top players.
You can earn points by logging in daily, playing matches, and completing various quests. Both matches lost and won award you with points. Compared to last season, the amount of points given per match has been increased. Specifically, winning Quick and Ranked matches is now rewarded with 35 and 50 points respectively, while losing in non-ranked gives you 10 points, and competitive matches that are lost reward your defeat with 15 points.
Quests are focused on gameplay as well, and do not repeat like they did last season. You can also earn points by playing Death Run, a single-player PvE mode in which you pick your weapon and difficulty level, and embark onwards to endless rooms with various enemies and bosses to take out in an effort to get the best score that you can. If your score is at least 20k in this mode, you will be rewarded with 40 points.
While you don’t need VIP to participate, those who do have VIP get a daily points bonus alongside a Day 1 TGE unlock that varies based on your VIP level. You can upgrade VIP up to level 4 in order to increase your airdrop unlock on TGE by up to 10%. VIP memberships can be purchased by logging in to the game’s official website, with VIP1 costing 3.87 $RON and awarding 150 points per day.
Owning TMA assets such as skins and Familiars also rewards you with points based on rarity, though there are certain special assets that give their own specific amount.
The leaderboard itself is divided into 5 different brackets that determine your token allocation, with higher-ranked players set to receive a bigger share. This is how the prize pool has been allocated across these brackets:
- Bracket 1 (Players ranked 1-600): 45%
- Bracket 2 (Players ranked 601-1500): 25%
- Bracket 3 (Players ranked 1501-3000): 15%
- Bracket 4 (Players ranked 3001-4500): 10%
- Bracket 5 (Players ranked 4501-6000): 5%
Your token rewards will start unlocking on TGE and onwards. On the first day when the token launches, players will get 15% of their allocation, but can get a higher day 1 unlock of up to 35% depending on their VIP status, team performance, and leaderboard position. The rest of the tokens will gradually unlock over the course of 6 months, with daily payouts said to depend on how consistent you were in playing the web3 game throughout the season. No official TGE date is currently available.
For more detailed information on how points are awarded, check out the official FAQ.
You can start your play to airdrop adventure in P2A Season 2 of The Machines Arena for free by creating an official account on the game’s website and downloading the blockchain game on PC or Android, with the PC version available directly from the website but also on the Epic Games Store.
