SPEEDER_BG
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My explanations make no sense only to people who refuse to think or can not think...Also,if RP/XP bonus being for CP is considered "forcing to spend money",why are you OK with Girls and other boosters being also for CP? I'm sorry,but like @Akor said,your explanations barely makes sense.
RBx3 being an RP item, like it was in the original PT, presents a balance. There's one item that brings both more XP and RP, and there are CP items that bring even more XP and RP. So for those to whom RP is more important than XP, having both RBx3 and 2xRP item provides an opportunity to earn more, even when in last position. Considering the sci-fi elements in simulation and still not fixed problem with too few laps/rounds on tracks, without the RP item RBx3 we'll have to do an almost endless grinding with class 1 cars to get even a Quadro. Today I played some time after the accounts reset. In a race that lasted a little longer than 6 minutes and I ended in 3rd position I got only 600 RP. For 3rd position only 600 RP. What about the other 5 behind me? I'd be surprised if the last one got more than 300 RP. Since Jack not only broke the economy but also killed the only thing I enjoyed the most - sim drift, now we'll have to play at least 50 races in order to get a Quadro: 32000 RP divided by 600 RP makes 53.333333333333 races. Good luck with getting a Quadro. Considering you won't be third, second or first every single time, that makes even more than 53 races. If the game opens to public with the current economy, I can guarantee you there won't be many people who will stay to play it, once they realize the number of races they'd have to make in order to get to class 2 car, not to mention higher classes!
When PT was in Invictus' hands, RBx3 item was buyable with RP (just like it was here too for just 2 days) and I used to pay them 30-40 euro per month just for 2xRP items, sometimes I even payed more for RP Girl lasting a month (2x15 days). But there used to be a balance in the economy and the player had a choice: playing just with RBx3 item the player got a decent amount of RP and XP. Adding to that Girls and 2xRP item used to bring even more money (8-ball's track on TA for the maximum laps - about an hour of driving) I used to get 120,000 RP with RBx3, double RP item and an RP girl. I got all possible cars (even those with CP) in a few months and yet I kept playing the game (and paying for CP items) for years after that. Now I don't feel the same... stimulus for that. The old PT used to be fun to play alone or with friends which is what we did for years, we even had a crew. Now the player is being punished for everything - for making perfect drifts AND for playing the game at all. Well, if I'm being punished for playing the game and not being rewarded for perfect drifts, most certainly I won't pay anything above the $5 I donated.
So if @Jack wants to lose at least 400 euro per month (AT LEAST, because I won't be the only one who pays this amount of real money), that's his choice. But the way this game is going right now in the closed beta, it will be dead even before the open beta starts. I told my friends who couldn't donate about the state of the economy now and they all lost interest in waiting for the game to open for everyone. And when the open beta starts, it won't survive for long with the current dictatorship in the game economy. I've seen quite a few games die because of developer's/publisher's doing whatever they want and not listening to those who pay their salaries (the players).