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    Rodeo Event is TOO hard for an average player. Let's make a change :)

    Hey raiders,

    Long story short this even is too hard for an average player - me included - because:
    - Less than 1,000 people will get the bike in the end of the even. Right now only 130 on Android unlocked the 1st track Tribal Homestead.
    - Raider needs to be one of the best of the best of the best to be able to get Golden or Platinum medal with 0 upgraded bike as well as beating 3 ghosts. This applies 50% of the time.
    - The event requires tons of playing time.
    - Even with gems and money you wont be able to get more shoes. Not enough to get the bike in time.
    - The game has 2-3 million players at least few thousand players should be able to finish this event. Few thousand players means this event is for the advanced and elite players and still not for the average players.

    Few solutions any of them might make this event more fun for everyone:
    - Players are able to get the bike half way - at 30K shoes or so. The rest of the rewards - Outfits, tracks and paint jobs will be available till 50K shoes.
    - Daily cow girl quests in the salon that will give us up to 1K shoes a day.
    - Extending the event for 1-2 weeks more (not recommended).
    - Bigger rewards from the games (x2 or x3).

    What do you guys think? I'm not one of the best and I want us to be fair with everyone.

    Cheers

    P.S. I don't like long posts - like this one :P So, I'll right more as a reply
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    Hey again

    This game has 2-3 Million players, it will make sense that around 1% of this amount will finish this event or at least get the horse bike. Sadly it's not like this!
    In the long run these types of events will harm the game; when only the best of the best of the best will be able to finish and collect all the rewards and average players - like me - will only get half an outfit and half a bike!

    The 2nd and 3rd game of this event are much harder than the one before and they don't give crazy rewards, and I don't think the 4th game will be any easier!
    I played this morning 4 tracks in 2nd and 3rd game and in total I got about 200 shoes.
    I think it's pretty disappointing when I wait for 4-5 hours and then I have to race 3 ghosts on Chilled Cliffs -I got 0 shoes from it - and the 2nd race was to get the best medal on Wall Crack with the horse bike - after tons of tries I was able to get silver only and I'm in the top 1,500 for this race :P

    I just unlocked the 1st track Tribal Homestead for 22.5K shoes and there were only 130 people on the LB on Android. Best best case scenario that up to 1,000 people only will be able to unlock the horse bike which says a lot about this event and the targeted players!
    If you are an average player - like me - you wont get any of those:
    - The new bike
    - 3 outfits
    - 3 tracks
    - 3 paint jobs.
    You'll get some for sure :P

    cheers
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    I wouldn't say that this event is necessarily hard but requires A LOT of grinding and dedication to complete the event. I fortunately had a lot of time on my hands while I was out of town and had a massive stash of gems that I hadn't burned up. I actually finished the event and got the Stallion bike before the end of week 2 but I burned through a stash of 1400 gems. I hadn't had a way to spend them on anything so figured I might as well do it now. I definitely agree that the percentage of folks that complete all activities and reach the 50K mark will definitely be low unless the 4th week game is low Bronco Bucks with high Horseshoe payout.
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    A simple solutions would be that RL should upgrade the bike like they did with agent update.
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    actually there is a track that is "impossible" to come first in the 3 ghosts event.....Cannon Ridge personal best is 21.349 number #17 , and world record is 20.880 and you should do under 21.200 to pass the first of the 3 ghosts.....lol...it s bugged 100%....like "top 10" time to pass the first of the 3 racers
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    Personally i wouldn't say its tough but it requires a lot of grinding time which i don't have. getting the stallion is not my main aim though but getting the 3 tracks is. Still for an average player or a player who has just joined the game its way too tough. What gets my nerves though is that its becoming more like a pay to play game with only the outfits that are bought have the bonuses and not the outfits the are earned by grinding hard(its not that im against payed outfits having bonuses but so should the hard earned ones).
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    At least the players who pay and actually support the game can get the rewards. We are the ones who allow these events to happen so people who haven't spent a dime on the game should have a harder time getting the rewards. I never buy the $20+ offers but the $5-10 offers are the best.
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    Originally Posted by Pdizzle337 Go to original post
    At least the players who pay and actually support the game can get the rewards. We are the ones who allow these events to happen so people who haven't spent a dime on the game should have a harder time getting the rewards. I never buy the $20+ offers but the $5-10 offers are the best.
    Pdizzle,
    Like you, I only entertain the possibility of maybe buying the $5-10 rewards and don't pay anything above this. All the gems that I got were either from slots, ping-ponging showdowns, free rewards, etc.. It definitely takes a lot of grinding though.
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    deff a grind which I don't like also. I just feel f2p should be limited while the people who pay should get more perks. I guess how they do it now is fine for example cowgirl outfit gives boosts to bronco bucks so if you didn't buy it you will fall behind. Ill let the suckers buy the $20 dollar outfits lol
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    Originally Posted by argirisargiroul Go to original post
    actually there is a track that is "impossible" to come first in the 3 ghosts event.....Cannon Ridge personal best is 21.349 number #17 , and world record is 20.880 and you should do under 21.200 to pass the first of the 3 ghosts.....lol...it s bugged 100%....like "top 10" time to pass the first of the 3 racers
    There may be a bug there; many of mine were certainly tough but all were doable eventually. Balance Avenue being a good example.. along with some of the new extreme tracks (Rite Passage and Grease Transit). I had to work like crazy to beat the ghosts the first time, and after that... they seemed even tougher later! After a while for those I decided it wasnt worth it and just took as many shoes as I could for those; thankfully they show up so rarely....

    Since we all run different ghosts (each one chosen based on our current track times to give us a challenge) its hard to judge this one. But I get the impression that for tracks with so few overall players to choose ghosts from (like those 3 tracks). . . once you have a high ranking on them there arent many ghosts to choose from and so you get ones chosen from near your high score.. and they are NOT going to be easy ones.

    Few solutions any of them might make this event more fun for everyone
    You equate fun with ultimately winning; I dont think thats RLs primary intention. They want you to be challenged and have high goals to beat so you will play like crazy and increase their advertising dollar intake (plus any money you spend on gems/outfits). They also want you to stick around afterward and pick up any blueprints you missed, and/or spend your time/money after event on upgrading. In other words... they are in this for the money, and most of your suggestions involve making it "easier" on you to achieve a goal... not compatible.
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