Talk:Path of Defiance/@comment-28401107-20170614172444/@comment-27123099-20170614194233

For recent Special Events, it's appeared to me that the Recommended PR has risen sharply in the early days of the event and leveled off on the later days. So, I'm leaning more towards an 85.9ish final recommended PR. Considering I'm generally capable of winning these events with a PR below the recommended level, I'm hoping for a cost somewhere closer to 300GC (before completion bonuses) rather than the 560GC estimated there. It would be much more in line with what cars have typically been winnable for in recent history. That said, we all should know by now that the Le Mans updates are the expensive ones.

As far as why FM chooses to go this route, I'm guessing they are betting on the fear of players who think the PR will continue to skyrocket and those players upgrade farther than necessary earlier on and are then locked into those upgrades (and their cost). Perhaps they have seen an increase in GC upgrades purchased by players when they choose to increase the recommended PR in this way?

Personally, I only upgrade as needed, for GC anyhow, I kick off R$ upgrades as soon as they are available. I also usually wait to see what others have been successful with and try to mimic their upgrades,. I don't just blindly throw upgrades at the car. Seems a huge waste of GC to do that, and GC is not easy to come by in this game.