Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-38518555-20190424135342/@comment-31044517-20190425161808

ME7 wrote: I think the current format is quite good. Reddit was generous move by EA to let anyone comment, noobs or OG. If other people like the idea, it gets up-voted and discussed. That drwas more attention to it and EA takes notice. It's an equal platform for all. Prior to that, we sent things to FM and you never heard what came of it.

Consider the following:
 * Would you take the advise of a noob on your investment portfolio?
 * Would you take the advice of a noob on rewiring your house?
 * Would you ask a recent acquaintance to advise you on your love life?

For me, it's all a definite NO. In the same order as above;
 * I don't want a stupid promise of a guaranteed 20% return. (Lose 20%!)
 * I don't want incandescent recessed lighting when they're being phased out. (Or a fire!)
 * I don't want some kid asking me if I kissed my significant other yet! (Just no.)

Now that doesn't mean that they don't have a few valid points, but that's not what I'm looking for. I need solid advice, advice that doesn't waste my time and money.

Before accept seek advice, I do my research and find out who has a good reputation based on prior work. Most people do that. To me that's who Game Changers are. We are people that were vetted by EA and were chosen.

I think part of the problem is that people don't actually understand what the Game Changers program is for. If you go to the Game Changers website and just read the first page, it will make more sense. Here's the opening paragraph:
 * Game Changers is EA’s community partnership program that fuses content creators and expert players directly into the game development process enabling early collaborative feedback for improvements. We also empower innovative storytelling by granting creators early access to gameplay capture.

So the mandate is having "content creators and expert players" give feedback into development. That's as important as an investment portfolio, a houses wiring and key relationships.

You generally don't let noobs into the more intimate parts of your life or business.

But still, RR3's survival totally depends on their ability to "retain" n00bs. RR3's download numbers are phenomenal (almost comparable to the most successful mobile games out there) but their active player numbers are dismal, again, compared to other successful mobile games. The monkeys have a horrible n00b retention rate. I have a full garage and even I consider quitting the game because of the idiotic deals the monkeys keep throwing at us.

OMP is the biggest attraction to any mobile game and yet the monkeys do everything in their power to deny n00bs OMP by loaning them some dismal car. And even if you decide to fullly upgrade it, you're guaranteed to lose (and in some cases to be lapped). What n00b would possibly continue playing OMP? At least, the old OMP allowed n00bs to enjoy OMP with C league cars.

And OMP is boring for even a full garage player like me. One car per week and 3 tracks per day.... I got 258 cars and we got dozens of different tracks! And all we got is one (or sometimes 2) decent cars per week and only 3 tracks per day for OMP. It's like they are telling us just play for 45 minutes (to do the 3 tracks of the day) on the first day and then sample different tracks with the same old car for the rest of the week and get the hell out of OMP lol

They could at least give us 3 leagues and 4-8 roughly equivalent cars per league every day and they could give us a random track every 15 minutes.

I thought the success of PUBG and Fortnite would give them some ideas but they just don't get it. PUGB and Fortnite make their money mostly from "cosmetic" IAPs. So why not follow the same path and try to earn money by increasing the number of players together with skyrocketing ad revenues and cosmetic IAPs that will come with it???

Why not make getting and fully upgrading cars much easier and charging money mostly for paint, vinyls, rims, fancy bodywork, customized driving suits and helmets and what have you?

They are the sole realistic racing mobile game on the planet and there's no reason they can't repeat the successes of PUGB and Fortnite.

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