http://apexconquer.com/ProjectRebirthsJewelsEconomy.pdf
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Can you also answer these questions:
Jewels that are acquired through the Jewels Heroes Shop are being accumulated into a secondary development fund.
How much is in that fund now?
Also, in the first posts I read that Apex will have Jewels integrated but later after the ICO I only see Heroes mentioned. Are Jewels integrated into Apex or not?
The jewels shop inside of heroes places coins spent into the PayPal fund (which is used to process fiat purchases of the coin from our website and from inside the game). The whitepaper actually details how we plan to handle that fund as it grows.
Approximately 200,000 Jewels have been used in the in-game shop so far. We are looking to introduce the burning mechanism mentioned in the whitepaper above in the next week and will be posting more details on that at that time.
For those who do not wish to read through the whitepaper or want quick and easy stats. Here's the short version of the burn mechanism.
Paypal fiat purchases: 50% burned, 50% used to buy coins at cheapest price off exchanges
In-game purchases made with jewels: 50% burned, 50% added to paypal fund
Apex is a tricky question. The shortest way to cover why Jewels has not been used there is that the in-game shop used on heroes does not fit nearly as well with the gameplay of that project. Instead we've found that the conversion rate in regards to monetizing players is more successful by convincing apex players to move to play heroes instead. With the first expansion pack for heroes on the horizon, our goal has become more about making the new server more attractive to those who used to play apex and moving them to the new ecosystem as smoothly as we can.