Trials Frontier challenges getting ridiculous... | Forums

[billyriley94]

I thought this would be a good place to voice my frustration...

I've not spent any money on the game as of yet. I don't mind spending a little but the prices compared to what you get seem laughable.

Anyway, I'm currently on what I hope is the last mission for the female inventor (whatever he name is), and it's asking me to collect a titanium chain, piston, pipe, and also the other thing that I'm not entirely sure what it is.

So I figure the best way for completing this is to play the level 3 tracks costing 10 units of fuel each in order to maximise chances of getting the thing I want, and if not then the chances are I'll still come off with another level 2 item.

Let's assume I don't ever receive the level 3 item as the chances are too small to really count on it, or aim for it. To get level 5 items, I need to get 27 level 2 items for each item. Therefore I need to get 81, plus the 1 for the weird thing that I don't know what it is.

So, I have to compete in a minimum of 82 races in order to get a mere reward of 3000 coins and 5 gems - and that's if I get the item every single time which is highly unlikely...

So, let's now say I get the level 2 item 1/3 times when I complete a race. 82 multiplied by 3 is 246. So to complete this challenge I need to complete roughly 246 races which is so unbelievably ludicrous.

Now, let's also say I have a maximum of 50 units of fuel (which is a couple more than I actually have right now).

I get 5 races per tank, which then takes 2 and a half hours to recharge.

Therefore to complete this 1 challenge, it would take 123 hours if I played the game immediately as soon as my tank refilled every single time (which of course doesn't happen).

In the end then, I'm probably looking at over a week of regular play (and most of the time playing exactly the same track over and over again) in order to just complete 1 single mission.

Now I'm not sure if things like this were done intentionally by the creators. I struggle to think how people would have done this on purpose if they were sane, but I'm sure many people here can agree that this is terrible and all in all makes for an incredibly bad game because of things like this.

The issue is that this is one of the best games around of its type when you actually get going, but it's completely ruined by things like this. There's another similar game on iOS called Bike Baron which I'd thoroughly recommend to anyone who enjoys the good parts of this, and I honestly do think Trials Frontier needs to take a leaf out of their book.

I'd love to see a developer reply to this to try to justify why something like this was ever implemented - or if anyone else has similar annoyances or possible mini-solutions of how to go about completing challenges such as this a little easier.

[Hauserfritz]

Best way to get the items is in my opinion to play the level2 tracks and getting gold, gives you a ~50% chance of getting the level2 item you want for only 7 fuel.

[billyriley94]

Thanks for the reply.

I do agree about the 50% in getting the thing you want on a tier 2 track, but overall on a tier 3 track if you get gold there's about a 75/80% chance of getting either a tier 2, tier 3 or diamond if you get gold which seems more worth it to me. I do understand if you're purely going for the challenge you are probably better off on the tier 2 stuff but I think I'd rather go spend a little more fuel for a higher chance of getting a better item.

Either way, even with your method you're still looking at an incredibly high amount of game time, fuel and wasted effort in order to just complete a single minor challenge which you don't actually see any benefit of doing.

I could understand a little if it upgraded your bike more or something like that, but playing 200 or so meaningless races in order to merely progress to more challenges which I'm seriously hoping aren't just going to be the same kind of thing is such a massive waste of time.

[Ch4er0n]

yeah, this game has a lot of ridiculous grind in it... when your gas tank caps 100 its not quite so bad though

for the most part i like tier 2 tracks for the item grind. i can hit the tier 2 part quite frequently on the wheel there, but i swear I hit the tier 1 part on the tier 3 track wheel a good 50% of the time. maybe im doin it wrong, idk

[KungfuSandwich]

Not sure if this works on iOS, but on my android tablet I adjust the time forward an hour or 2 when I need fuel. Doesn't affect anything else other than timed missions. And if you change the day, it resets the slot machine.

[TheeDesecrator]

Anyway, I'm currently on what I hope is the last mission for the female inventor (whatever he name is), and it's asking me to collect a titanium chain, piston, pipe, and also the other thing that I'm not entirely sure what it is.

I was hoping so as well. After that is 3 more titanium objects and 2 corny corns.