Talk:Path of Defiance/@comment-28629811-20170615220010/@comment-27123099-20170615221521

Their goal is to get GC (and ad views, and real $$) from whoever chooses to give it to them. Remember this is a free game, so the money they make comes largely from what we players give them (by ad views or in-game purchases).

Over the last year or so, these Special Events (and the more and more prevalent LTS's) have move towards extracting more and more GC from us players. The car characteristics have adjusted to assist this as well. Used to be that you could get a couple of rounds of R$ upgrades before hitting GC upgrades on most every car. Now, if you have a 2nd level GC upgrade, it's like hitting the jackpot. Plus, the GC upgrades have gotten more expensive as well. So, not only do you need them earlier, now you have to pay more for them as well. Look at something like the 2014 Audi R18 to see how the upgrade trees used to be: http://rr3.wikia.com/wiki/Audi_R18_e-tron_quattro_(2014)#Upgrades_.2823.29 The differences are amazing compared to pretty much any car now (and the R18 was one of the top dogs then).

I still play the game and I'm lucky enough to have the skill, R$, and farming capability to stay afloat, but I definitely don't think I'd be able to hang if I was a newbie. I'm just lucky I started this game back when I did.