Talk:The Gauntlet (Season 5)/@comment-213.30.140.212-20160425120346/@comment-26715739-20160425163412

Yes - they seem (from an outsiders view) to spend an awful lot of time trying to work around people "gaming the system" to the detriment of the (probably) bulk of players who don't try to do that.

In the case of the Gauntlet this seems to have resulted in a situation where you *have* to game the system in order to win.

I get that they want to protect their revenue stream, but they always come in so heavy-handed. They could try to involve the community rather than fight it.

Here's an example: licensing costs. We know this stuff is expensive. But they could involve us in the process by "crowd-funding". Do a "if we raise $X by Y we'll be able to get F1/Green Hell/Fiat Panda in release Z" (with clear definition of what happens if they raise 1/2X, 1.5X or whatever).

Front-load the demand by making it clear what people are buying into rather than back loading the demand by hoping people will buy into the latest release. I imagine there'd be lots of people who'd be willing to spring for at least the cheapest gold pack if they knew it meant it was likely to see their favoured content in an upcoming release.