Rewards Impossible to Achieve

dont you understand brother? EA completely killed this game! From relax and joy to money earning mindset! They want us to pay for the seasonal currency, Last cairo mayor pass also the same, this time they made it more crazy, where everyone of us need to buy seasonal currency, not once, but multiple times! EA completely killed the beauty of this game and COM!

This has helped me quitting the game. Ten days since  egyptian hospital and all that thing... The last classic event (9260 plumbobs to complete) and this absurd update only have helped me too to keep far from this stressing game. Quitting is the only way out

Chicago assignments won't help you either. I didn't have a 5th job, I could only do 4 

It says up to 4 new missions each week in this season

As the others have already stated, the fact that there is a limit to the amount of snowflakes you can "earn" by completing the weekly event track, the Chicago missions, and the CoM - since they have established a weekly cap - means they are gatekeeping the biggest rewards, like the Riverwalk, to only be accessible by purchasing the snowflakes with real money.

Therefore, they are making a clear cut between free-to-play players and "premium".

Either play casual and get fun out of the game without stressing about earning stuff, or be a completionist and be ready to spend 50+ USD a month.

Or, quit the game altoghether. 

Yes absolutely frustrating!! 

How do we use Popsicles?? No wave to make snow flake currency ?? 

All of this is possible if you have a bunch of money to spend for a game with less reward but tons of nearly-impossible-to-complete-tasks.

I've purchased the Premium Mayor's Pass+ every season for as long as I've been playing (COM level 117). Eight bucks a month for a fun game is easy to justify, and I've never had to pay more than that to achieve a reward that I cared about getting. Until this season. I want the Waterfront, even more than I do the Gothic Tower, but I'm not forking over $5.99 twice to buy the snowflakes I need to get it.

EA, did somebody actually test this season out and find the amount of effort and real world cash necessary to achieve the rewards reasonable, or is this just a blatant cash grab while giving the finger to the majority of your player base? 

I've played the game for years and *always* purchased the premium pass, but this nonsense has made my mind up: not bothering to continue the COM as the rewards are just not worth it.