Talk:RR3 Wiki:Sales This Release/@comment-31446467-20170419094906/@comment-26829117-20170419124906

Igor44 I would never call someone an idiot for not being able to second guess FM. We are all basically trying to do that and I made many mistakes on my journey to 100% completion.

First I gave up after about six months when the amount of gold required became ridiculously high (FM changed the rewards process shortly afterwards) then I completed as much of the career as I could, ignoring showcase discounts, in the mistaken belief that the rewards would outweigh the costs (oh how we laugh now huh?). Then I ignored Special Events and focused on buying cars until I realised that you could win cars in Special Events for R$ only (those were the days!). Then I discovered this wiki and started farming aggressively and yet still I made mistakes and bought cars that later went on sale. I've made many idiotic mistakes and I'm not going to be the first to throw stones.

On reflection, the only time I've really felt aggrieved was when FM were giving 20 ads per day to players that had never made an IAP and only 5 ads per day to players that had. In the early days of RR3 you were encouraged to make an IAP to get rid of annoying popup ads. I also took advantage of one 1019 for £19.99. Imagine how annoying it is to realise that I was then losing out by 450+ per month. In two months FM had clawed back my 1019 and my £19.99 got me less than nothing.

On the whole I'd say FM are actually doing ok at the moment. The quality of releases has improved significantly in the last two updates, they have also been a lot cheaper in terms of net gold to stay standing still (see my blog Gold, Gold and More Gold) and they have clearly listened to people saying it was unfair on new players who missed out on free cars.