#1. Give us 30-50 tickets at the start and no new ticket every 30 minutes
Reason - Sometimes we just wish to be done with the Showdown and having to check every 2 and a half hours is very frustrating and annoying, also we can't always log in every 2 hours because we have real life obligations we committed to, and also it will be better for the next items in the suggestions:
#2. shorter Showdown duration to 12-16 hours instead a full day or make an option to choose the duration of the Showdown
Reason 1 - Sometimes on a Showdown one of the player just lose interest on the chance of winning because the other player is better
Reason 2 - Faster Showdowns means we get to experience different tracks and bikes setting more often and get more proficient in the game
Note: Rewards from loot wheel should be slightly lowered to accommodate for this change
#3. Option to forfeit
Reason - As said above, sometimes we just give up on the Showdown, might as well let us end it quickly.
#4. Golden tickets should NOT be allowed to be used at the last 15 minutes.
Reason - this happens to you all i am sure, you think you won and then in the last 15 minutes a player spends 20 golden tickets to win two tracks and this give no time to reply and before you know it you lost the match. this is a bad issue and i think it borders on exploit even if it is allowed at the moment. just not fair.
#5. New mode: Blitz Showdown
In this mode, the game choose a random track bike and a suitable opponent.
Then the game rolls which player goes first.
Each opponent get one try only every turn. After the opponent finishes the track its the turn of the other player, he also get only one try.
This go on for 5 turns, think of it like a soccer penalty match.
after 5 turns the player that is losing can spend a golden ticket for another try if he wishes, then he can try another time and the opponent after him have a FREE try to win back the track or improve the score. the losing side have 20 minutes to decide if he wishes to spend another golden ticket or surrender.
the player who is losing can only use 5 golden tickets to prolong the Blitz Showdown.
The winning player takes the winning and 250 flat amount of chips.
The entire match have 2 hours duration and whatever action the players take it ends after 2 hours.
There can only be 1 free match of this type on top of the other regular 3 free showdowns. extra Blitz Showdowns will cost 10 Golden Tickets.
#6. winner takes all option:
Allow the player to choose if he wants a match that at the end the winner takes the losing player chips as well, this is for experienced players who like to play and get excited(of course the other opponent will have to choose this setting as well.)
#7. Fixed chat in Showdowns
Add a fixed chat like many other games like Backgammon/Checkers in Windows with fixed replays so you can communicate with the opponent, would be nice if we can congratulate or gloat another player for winning/losing and basic communication so you don't feel alone so much and have things to do besides the actual race.
Also an important factor on the skill part of the game, skill is measured not only by practice but also the ability to win despite a crowd watching or commenting you in between. All in all i think it will be a fun feature.
#8. Add some showdown with tracks that require the players to do tricks like backflips/wheelies(eliocereser)
Reason - This will add much more flavour to the tracks as well increase the skill requirement from higher ranked players on showdown.
Note - this addition should start as easy task at higher ranks and the more you go up further in rank the trick requirements goes up as well.(e.g. 1 backflip, on rank 25 vs 3 backflips, 7 wheelie and a silver medal on rank 10 vs 5 backflips, 3 inverted airtime and gold medal on rank 4
#9. Add a graphics option to reduce graphics on weak/old devices
This is a must, my Samsung s3 is 2 years old and when i started playing this game everything went smooth but now some tracks with a lot of effects are drastically reducing my framerate and are laggy and this causes me to not be able to compete on showdowns on tracks that have a lot of fire and smoke particles, or tracks that zoom out. needs a fix.
On a side note, i tried Refinery Abyss on my device and barely got a silver medal, i tried it on my brother Galaxy S5 and got a gold medal on the first try.
I think i had more in mind when it comes to improving the game, if i think of more i'll edit this post.
Please tell me what you think about these suggestions and if you understood everything the way i intended(English is not my primary language).
Showdowns simply need to be more like versus mode in Bike Race. You initiate Showdowns with your choice of a random or specific person. Each round is a single course. Each person gets three tries, alternating who goes first. A tournament could be held. This allows games to take a couple minutes and focuses on skill in completing with few retries. Unfortunately, Trials Frontier is structured approximately opposite from this. I'm currently Level 3 on Android and consistently face opponents who come out of the gate burning dozens of golden tickets. If I wanted to race for best times, I'd race on the leader boards. 24 hour cycles and unlimited gold tickets blurs the lines too much and it's not enjoyable.
this is similar to what i suggested on #5, i agree the golden ticket concept is flawed and i support the developers trying to earn more money to improve the game and earn a living but at the core concept of a skill game and not pay to win game this is flawed and lacking. needs a solutionOriginally Posted by Flippant9 Go to original post
I would like to see tricks like wheelie or backflips as necessary to win the race, just like vs Butch and his friends.
that's a great idea, ill add itOriginally Posted by eliocereser Go to original post
i wish like on chess sites you had options to select or create challenges based on time frames. For instance I want to start a showdown the only lasts 1 hour or one that could go several days. You could also put in other qualifiers like opponent ranks and whatnot so that you hopefully get an ideal opponent.