Node Rewards Take Shape as Cards Find a New Name

Xai's node plan was still being designed, and the team needed to explain how home computers could participate and how rewards would be allocated. Meanwhile, the Final Form creative team was checking whether its card terminology belonged in the game's story.

The node economic model was finalized: an online lottery with staking based weighting, using esXAI as the reward vehicle. This set boundaries for the software and documentation to follow. The same day, the creative team renamed cards that had been called “Hirelings” for more than half a year to “Reavers,” so they would feel rooted in the game's story.

Work on nodes shifted from choosing a model to implementing its details, though the team still needed to explain online participation and weighting clearly to players. The rename changed how the creative team described those cards. With the old term long in use, they still had to reconcile the two names in their materials and public explanations.