Talk:King of the Ring/@comment-33913333-20181024123108/@comment-37295703-20181025040829

From what the post suggest is that 9.3 has a rolling start and you have to keep within certain distance from Magnus. Without 3343333 you would start slower and fail before reaching the first corner. So essentially its a forced upgrade.

I understand many people here would prefer upgrade rather than skips, and I agree in most cases. But I still see points in skipping events, even for this one where an ES is extremely in the next update. For OP in the original post, the difference in gold cost is 55 + 160 vs 565 (or 160 vs 510). If ever we get a 30% off upgrade discount. The skip cost would essentially be balanced (510 * 30% = 153 gold). Indeed you will also be handicapped in the upcoming WTTT, but you can be saved from the frustration of puting 10+ upgrades in the last day, which I believe is a fair trade for people running tight on budget and cannot get into Group B, aka me.

I'm at 17 upgrades from day 2 and doing my best slowing bots. Hopefully this may do something to the bots in Stage 9. In the past, I've made 1 skip in FXX K FB (new player then), 2 in Lotus 125 to get it with 9 upgrades and 2 in RSR 2017 (didn't have time to finish).