I've been wanting to play EOS knights for a while, but didn't want to pay for EOS to set-up an EOS account. Well after wasting 3 or 4 hours on Wednesday I finally converted some Steem to EOS to play the game. I've been playing the game for a few days now and am now convinced more than ever that cheap Steem and the bear market is great for crypto right now.

Starting EOS Knights

Since starting the game one thing I've noticed is that I don't have enough EOS to interact with the EOS network via EOS Knights. I have roughly 3.5 EOS staked, 3 EOS is staked for CPU and 0.5 is staked for the network, but am always running into CPU issues where it's not letting me do anything in the game.

Thankfully, after doing some searching I found a way to get some 3 EOS of CPU delegated to you for free through CPUEMERGENCY. One of the Dapps this website was specifically designed for was people having an issue on EOS Knights.

All I had to do was provide my EOS account name and after a quick check of my account I had 3 EOS delegated to me in less than a minute bringing my total CPU up to 6 EOS and believe it or not, in times of heavy congestion, I still have trouble accessing the game at times.

The top USD price for EOS was over $20. This means even after paying $120 for cpu stake I still would have trouble playing the game smoothly. That is insane. This doesn't count the 0.5 EOS that I have staked for network, the roughly 0.5 EOS that I paid to set-up an EOS account, and the 0.7 EOS I paid to unlock everything in the game.

Adding it all up, if all I wanted to use the EOS network to do was to play that one game at the height of EOS value I would have had to pay around $150. That's a lot of money for a game that I wouldn't consider a great indie game. I've really enjoyed EOS Knights so far and think it's one of the best crypto games out there, besides Steem Monsters, but trying to objectively look at this from a "typical gamers" poing of view.

So Why are Cheap Prices Good

I can only imagine how busy the EOS network is going to be during the next bull run. With the increase in network activity, I'm assuming, correct me if I'm wrong, that I will need even more EOS to make sure I can access the network during the increased congested times, which will cost even more money. I can test out the games and dapps relatively cheaply right now which will help these dapps grow even during the slow times.

I would like to see how much Resource Credit would be required to play a game like this on the Steem Blockchain. With Steem currently hovering around $0.25, I wonder how much of an investment it would require to interact with the game uninterrupted. If it only cost 10 Steem that would be a $2.50 investment to get started in the game which is a much more reasonable price for the current state of the game.

In short cheap prices are good for the crypto networks that currently require "resources" to interact with the chain. Now is a good and cheap time to build those resources to be able to secure a good connection to these chains in the future when new and exciting dapps are released during peak market runs.

Final Thoughts

Investing in EOS knights may turn out to be free. I've already sold some materials for 0.002 EOS and suspect during the next bull run as interest in crypto picks up once again, that these games will see a surge in popularity and material prices.

Even if the popularity of the game doesn't increase, the more time I spend in the game the better equipment, materials, and higher levels I become allows me to obtain more rare materials that sell for higher prices. If I could make a couple of EOS off of playing the game over the next couple of months I'd consider the EOS that I've invested so far worth it, and keep staking my earnings.

I have really enjoyed the game over the past couple of days and plan to at least right a review and a few stragies articles on the game. If you decide to sign up for the game let me know your EOS name and I'll sign up as your referral which will get us both 1000 Magic Water each which is the "end game currency".

Possible Steem Dapp

Also, if you play EOS knights join me into reaching out to the developers. I don't know how hard it would be or what it would require, but going to see if they've looked into making a Steem Knights. If they seem interested would love to gather some community support and send it there way as I think this could be a great addition to the Steem Blockchain and would to be able to help the creators make that happen some way.