It's purposefully made impossible in order to drive people to maybe spend more money. I am not even bothering with converting currency to upgrade hotspots - I even refuse to even "purchase" the hot spot buildings. I am fed up with this seasonal currency nonsense. I think all EA staff should have to use a currency converter to earn their paycheck, and with that maybe they will learn to respect players who play the game. And I think the developer studio should be shuttered like Maxis was.
But even if you spend money it is impossible to earn enough of the season currency to achieve the rewards….. I actually like the game play better with the season currency but the more they make the rewards impossible to achieve the less fun the game becomes. Add to that arguably the best two rewards (20% on Rail Tokens & 50% on Mayor’s pass) take too much time in the season to earn to be in effect long enough to make it worth it….. I suggest they should have made easier to earn the rail token reward and have both rewards remain in effect into the first week of the next season.
I said the rewards were designed to push people to spend more money in the game, I didn't say that spending money solved anything.
In regards to seasonal currency, this is where we disagree. Seasonal currency I would not object to if it was consistent with how it was utilized from round to round. But it's not consistent, and quite frankly, I think seasonal currency is the most half baked idea since trains, and those are still pointless. I'm increasingly resenting the game. I'm fed up having to adjust gameplay every single month for some stupid currency, the game already has wayyyyy too many currencies.
Seasonal currency was fine when it was just used to redeem whatever we wanted. But I miss event tracks having things like Vu items, gold or platinum keys, etc. Now it's just rubbish currency.
I agree with you. I hate seasonal currency. It just adds an unnecessary step. I don’t bother with hot spots either. They really don’t have much of a purpose anyway. I’ve been playing since the start and I’m really starting to hate the game. It is a shadow of what it used to be. It used to be fun and now it’s just annoying
