Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-26388545-20150929165935

I was on a team for a bit. It was frustrating to say the least. Only 10 out of 20 of us put in a reasonable effort. We got one of the lowest prizes once... 7 gold once you divided it 20 ways!! WOW!! That was 6 hours well spent!?!?!?!

I started to really watch the top teams and do the math. Of the top teams, at least 10 out of 20 players were putting in 10-12 hours a day with the rest doing 4-10. They would do this for 2 days to get their scores. The highest prize I ever saw for 1st place was 1200. Divided 20 ways that only 60 gold per player. 20-24 hours total for 60 gold??? Why??? I can earn 60 gold in 3 hours at LeMans running 60 laps.

Now before people go crazy with "all the top people cheat"... Fire Monkeys deletes the cheaters at the last minute. I watched in one distance event while people got distances that were 40X greater then what was possible. The top 3 teams all had this... and were all deleted just prior to the event ending. Everyone else had scores that were reasonable. Also, I have seen teams that say they require 8-12 hours commitment per day, or you will get kicked from your team.

I am a competitive guy, so I put in the hours. My scores regularly put me in the bottom 5 of 20 players of the top 10 teams. I could possibly join one of those teams to at least enjoy a top 10 placing, but they would kick me pretty quick. I will never spend that much time for such a small prize.

So why would you play so long for so little gold??

Is it that hard to earn gold when you get to high driver levels??

Is it just for the fun of competition?? 