Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-26521061-20160922100710/@comment-46.140.150.202-20160926080951

I don't think there is one thing that triggers the Elite status, but it's just random.

Why do I say that? I'll explain. I mainly play on an ipad mini, but I have the game also on my iPhone 6, where I play on occasion. What I do when I want to play on the iphone is to download the latest backup from the ipad. I'm logged in to game center with the same account on both devices, so I have the same game ID.

After a few days playing the new update on the ipad mini, today I wanted to transfer the backup to the iphone, just to be on the safe side should something happen with the installation on the ipad or to the ipad itself. What's my surprise when I open the game on the iphone and I see the pop-up thanking me for supporting FM and granting me elite status. I then download the backup from the ipad, and, surprise again, Elite status is gone.

Same player, same game version, just a few days back on the iphone.

So is it number of times one logs in to collect daily rewards? Nope; I barely do that on the iphone.

Is it the player level? Obviously not, since I was one level down on the iphone.

is it the number of cars owned? Neither; I own the same number of cars on both devices.

Is it the achievement progress or the progress on exclusive series? Not at all since the ipad is always ahead of hte iphone.

Is it IAP? No, I'm logged in as the same player on both devices and I've made one IAP (on the ipad)

What is it, then? In my opinion, just random.

I've opened a ticket. Now just waiting to get the usual useless copy-paste blurb saying that they can do nothing (and as it seems, that, hush, it's a secret).