Dev Update: Auto-Exchange System

Oh hello - skate. dev team here, popping back in to talk about some ch-ch-changes coming your way as we head into Season 3. 

To recap where we left off in November: Early Access means we’re always learning from how you play, what’s working, and what’s not. Things don’t always line up between what we intended and how things turn out in-game (you all keep us on our toes). When that happens, we tinker, we tweak, we try to improve. This is one of those moments.

Let’s get right into it: starting with the transition from Season 2 to Season 3, there will be changes to how Tix work. 

Why we’re making this change

While we’d originally intended for all Tix to be used in the season they were earned, at the end of Season 1, we had a problem. There were a number of players with more Tix than they could spend. 

You told us you wanted more options, more content, and more branded items. So, while we worked on that, we made the decision to roll over all Tix purchased with SVB, and a portion of earned Tix into Season 2. 

In some cases, this still meant players lost up to 75% of their Tix - which is not what we want. So, we’re going to try something new to reduce wasted Tix.

What’s changing (aka. the important stuff, read me)

Starting with the end of Season 2 and going forward, Tix will not roll over from season to season - this includes earned Tix, and those purchased with SVB. Like most games with seasonal currencies, that means you’ll need to spend your Tix in the season you’ve earned them, starting now with Season 2. 

But, we get it, you have a life - and your Tix shouldn’t disappear into the void if you’re busy living it on the day a new season starts. If you still have Tix at the end of a season, the game will auto-exchange items for you by utilizing those leftover Tix, aiming to get you as much value as possible. There’s still about a month left until that happens, so you still have plenty of time to spend your Tix however you choose.

TL;DR: 

• Tix will not roll over into the next season
• We’ll remind you in-game to use your Tix before the season ends
• If you forget (or life happens), auto-exchange will exchange the Tix for you on skate.Pass rewards so they don’t go to waste 

How it works

You’re in complete control of how you spend your Tix during the season: auto-exchange will only kick in once the season ends. Here’s how it works:

• Auto-exchange starts on the last skate.Pass page you’ve unlocked
• It exchanges Tix for higher rarity items first
• If it runs out of items on that page, it moves backward to earlier pages
• Auto-exchange completes when you do not have a high enough Tix balance to obtain any more items
• Any Tix remaining after auto-exchange completes will be wiped

Example: If you’ve earned enough Tix to unlock up to Page 7 in the skate.Pass, auto-exchange will begin on Page 7, exchange Tix for available items, then work its way down to earlier pages. Auto-exchange will not obtain items from pages you haven’t unlocked.

What about the Legacy skate.Pass for skate.Pass Premium members?

After the auto-exchange completes and you're in the next season, if you had skate.Pass Premium for the previous season, you'll still be able to earn Tix to unlock more tiers in the previous season's skate.Pass.

Season 3 is coming soon

Season 3 is just around the corner, bringing more cool stuff and less lost Tix with it. We heard loud and clear that you wanted more branded items in the skate.Pass, and we’re happy to say that you’ll start seeing that in Season 3. And, when it comes to being able to customize your skater, more options are on the way. You wanted ink - this season, you’ve got it. That’s right folks, tattoos. Head over to our socials today for a sneak peek of what we have lined up for you.

As always, we’ll keep checking in on how things feel and tuning our systems until they’re just right. Keep an eye out on our channels for more Season 3 updates to come throughout this month.

That’s all for now, folks. Thanks for rolling with us. 

The Full Circle Team