I'm also someone who placed in T500 without spending money, but I had been saving resources for a whiiiile and had friends help. I already had DNS, speedups, etc. stocked up.
I did have fun with this event, but I had a lot of the same thoughts/issues others mentioned. Itās just way too long. It doesnāt only take either money and/or a ton of resources, but also a ton of time which luckily I mostly had.
By the time it started feeling like too much, I had already invested so much into it that quitting wouldnāt have felt worth it (Iām also stubborn.) But after a while, the rewards started feeling less worth the amount of effort/resources being put in.
Howeverrr, I do think itās really cool seeing so many f2p players place T500, so itās not all negative. The events were a nice change from just hitting parties and they actually gave me a reason to use all the pet capsule speedups Iād been hoarding. The regular versions of the avis are easy to get.
I also loved the decor boxes, but Iām biased because strawberries. The cow avi is adorable and I really wish I couldāve gotten it for a friend.
Some possible ideas/solutions that probably werenāt asked for and may not even be realistic:
⢠Instead of events running back-to-back all day, maybe split players into separate event groups/schedules.
Example: Have 2 overall XCs with different points. One group could have sub-events mainly during "mornings" while another has them at "night", but both would have the same rewards.
The obvious issue is people trying to participate in both. Maybe there could be some kind of item/selection system that locks you into one group? Not sure how difficult that'd be or how much that'd put on the game.
Idk that idea is a work in progress
⢠Improve the rewards to better match the amount of effort/resources required. Maybe increase the leaderboard size too. Personally, the T500 rewards feel more like T1500 rewards. I think it'd be a win-win situation because ATA would still be getting money from it and there'd probably be more participation. Instead of just the big money spenders, people who would be willing to spend a bit would more likely spend. Or maybe I'm dumb and sleep deprived.
⢠I saw someone else say to take the lb away with events like this and just make it tiers & that makes so much more sense. Not everyone will get everything but it wouldn't be big spenders vs everyone else. Gives a chance for the rest of us. Even if certain tiers ended up being aimed for p2w. Just don't make it majority p2w please

let us f2p enjoy these events and have rewards that match how much work we put in.
I didn't read every comment so I'm sorry if I repeated someone. If you read all of this, thank you for your time.


