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    Monthly Forum Discussion - January 2018 [Slot Machine Missions!]



    Howdy riders,

    The Slot Machine beckons you to choose a mission you can’t even predict!

    We’re here with an all-new topic this month – "Slot Machine Missions!”
    We want to know your favourite missions and rewards in the Slot Machine!

    Tell us about your best moments, best rides, best tracks, best flips or rewards (again) related to the Slot Machine - tell us all!

    The discussion may include any of the following –

    - Your Favorite Mission(s) in the Slot Machine, and why?
    - Any suggestions/ideas for the kind of missions you’d like to see in the Slot Machine.

    We'd like to keep this topic open-ended so please feel free to share your opinions!

    Let's stick to 2 simple rules –
    - Stay in topic
    - Make this discussion fun, healthy & constructive

    If you have suggestions for a topic for the upcoming month, do let us know as a response to this thread and we'll try to pick one and roll with it!

    Cheers!
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    Monthly Forum Discussion - January 2018 [Slot Machine Missions!]



    Howdy riders,

    The Slot Machine beckons you to choose a mission you can’t even predict!

    We’re here with an all-new topic this month – "Slot Machine Missions!”
    We want to know your favourite missions and rewards in the Slot Machine!

    Tell us about your best moments, best rides, best tracks, best flips or rewards (again) related to the Slot Machine - tell us all!

    The discussion may include any of the following –

    - Your Favorite Mission(s) in the Slot Machine, and why?
    - Any suggestions/ideas for the kind of missions you’d like to see in the Slot Machine.

    We'd like to keep this topic open-ended so please feel free to share your opinions!

    Let's stick to 2 simple rules –
    - Stay in topic
    - Make this discussion fun, healthy & constructive

    If you have suggestions for a topic for the upcoming month, do let us know as a response to this thread and we'll try to pick one and roll with it!

    Cheers!
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    I usually like mssions with backflips and frontflips, or hangtime. Makes you drive the track in different ways than usual.
    My favorite rewards would be tracks (which I have none left of) or lovely money. Gib mony plz.
    I would like to see all the bikes on the slot machine. I see them pop by, but never get bikes like agent, stallion, bandito and so on.
    I would also like to see more tracks added to the slotmachine. Gems are precious and tracks cost a lot of gems.
    And less Butch!
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    Changes

    I really like playing in the slotmachine, mainly because it makes you try to do things that you don't usually do, but I think that you should reduce the quantity of normal rewards un the last two slots. I have been playing for a full week, getting a 10X multiplier in the last two slots, and I only got once the third one. The first two we're quite easy, but the last two we're almost impossible. Also, as they said before, you should add more chances for the inusual bikes to appear.
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    i liked the way you gettin rewards only when you reach a level. so maybe make exclusive track rewards for level 30+. and by the way, why it stops at level 30?
    as above posted front and backflips are excellent even when they hard to make what about make wheelie only or only full speed?
    i'm in the top 100 and the last time i played the slot machine was, mhhh, when i showed a friend that it exists. because at level 30 is "the end".

    cheers
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    First, a positive comment... I am glad you guys reviewed the slot machine quests a while back and got rid of the ones that were essentially impossible (usually the ones that needed 20+ secs of airtime with a medal time goal that was only a few seconds higher)... some of those were really a source of common frustration.

    1) RL is missing out on lots of encouragement to make people play the slots to the end... it goes to level 30, but you stop giving track rewards at level 18:
    https://forums.ubi.com/showthread.ph...ewards-Summary

    In other words... if you want to encourage people to REALLY play the slots to level 30 (which keeps people logged in multiple times daily...) it would be best if you started using it as a place to earn some of these old tracks people keep wanting you to release (HINT HINT). Add a 1-2 new tracks to the rewards at each level from 19 to 30......

    1a) You have bunker-only tracks. Add some more "slot-machine-reward-only" tracks.

    2) As dutscher-DE says... why stop at level 30? RL already nerfed slot rewards from what they were long ago, so there is lots of room for increased coinage, etc.

    3) I would like some new slot machine "trick" categories for us to do... how about a few others like:
    - Instead of back-wheel (wheelie) how about measuring the time for front-wheel? Thats a LOT tougher, and would be possible on some of the hilly tracks.
    - Take away both of the "rotate" controls; you have to reach gold , no-fault, etc with just "gas/brake"
    - Give us full power (ie no braking allowed); you have to reach gold, no-fault, etc with no control of gas; you just have lean.
    You get the idea.... some of those are things that were done in Trials EVO tracks, etc.... just didnt make the move to Frontier.

    3a) An alternative to the above... rather than being one of the requirements, make them bonuses if you do them (ex. you get a 25% bonus to any rewards if you complete the assigned mission parameters but did it with no rotate, or with gas on the entire time, etc ... doing both of them gives an even higher bonus.). the idea here is to make even the standard old missions seem "new" again.
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    Originally Posted by xitooner Go to original post
    - Take away both of the "rotate" controls; you have to reach gold , no-fault, etc with just "gas/brake"
    Looks like this functionality already present in game, because in the very first run in "The Cave" lean controls are disabled at first. This only should be connected to slotmachine somehow.
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    Add some more levels to the slot machine.

    I really dont understand why games limit levels. It should be endless really.
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    Definitely add the bikes that are already on the wheel but never get selected, KTM450, stallion, and agent.

    I wouldn't mind more levels on the slot machine but it's a double edged sword. By adding more levels you'll lose out on some prizes when you get the level up spots. The majority of my game income comes from the slots, by still leveling up the machine I'd lose out on some of that. If there were new benefits (like earning track map pieces hint hint) it would be worth it.
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    could you create a outfit, that will remove buch from appear on slot machine?
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    you definetely need to "make" older players get back to the slot machine...

    remove the cap at level 30 and place new nice rewards starting from there

    make it give out old stuff (so many tracks, outfits and paintjobs available...)

    give LESS magnets (does anyone even use those?!)

    give MORE bunker tickets (the most important reward at the moment (even more than gems i'd say))

    there should be a REALLY good prize mixed in there (make it 0.01% chance of winning or whatever you want) kind of a jackpot, that'll grab people for quite a while, hope fades slowly

    glad you removed most of the impossible missions


    EDIT: plus most of what has been said already also
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