Originally Posted by: Ti Hsien 
Quote:If they want a rare car to stay reasonably rare, how can they do it without angering all you guys?
If they intentionally aim to create a situation of haves vs. have-nots,
I think anger is inherently unavoidable. You are absolutely right. We had a short, but very productive chat with RetroKrystal on the discord this sunday evening here. It was the refreshing discussion and acknowledgment of consideration that those of us who have presented frustration had been looking for.
Now this isn't the order the conversation went in, but it was points that I felt were key. The first one is one that I do not think was in question. It is not their intention to cause bad experiences..... RK said it much better than that, but point is, we can in pretty good faith assume that they want players to go YAY! So with bringing in longer term participation awards, the FE Capri being the most sought after car seemed like a good reward for those who are active and regularily participating, but still needed to keep it's exclusivity of sorts. It is the gold standard for sought after cars outside of PO which cannot be given out.
Well, we who were chatting in discord agreed. There has to be awards for those who are most dedicated and skilled at the game. From what we were able to be told, this way of doing it best fitted that prize for the players. It was a way that opened the FE to be a big objective every player can shoot for. We did agree with that. Having a longer term objective was good, and that the components of it were fair with daily totals and all the different events.
Further discussion went onto mentioning the almost 100%. It was considered, but it was felt that no matter what the value was, if 90, then people would complain about 80 and such, the slippery slope. Bit more and were able to more come down to that the number is arbitary, but what mattered was the context. Myself and others in chatting with RK sort of helped clear the air and what players were looking for is a way to do it, but get say one event and one daily freebee or something similar just to keep it fun without devaluing the car.
We were told that there was no intention for this to be the only time, so it was at 100% because of intention to offer cars again in future in different ways so different plays could get them. That this being the first run would be looked at more and adjusted to match what the players did.
All in all, I think that the information discussion shared well, I think there is a better understanding of the player point of view and now will just have to wait and see what PG does. Of course, put up your suggestions of what you think would be reasonable. Still a bit before the patch goes live, so lets hope they can get in that last minute tweaks.