Seasonal Scam
And there it is...pay $14.99 for seasonal tokens. This season is a joke. Whoever thought it up should be fired. Why would I ever buy mayors pass again if I never know whether or not I will have to ...
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I understand your point, and I agree we are seeing more flexibility in the reward selection. However, the way premium album completion is structured has taken a very predatory turn, and this Munich season illustrates it perfectly:
- Week 1: The pretzel-to-coin conversion rate was so low and labor-intensive that it effectively lured players into purchasing the Premium Mayor's Pass just to complete the album without an insane amount of grinding.
- Week 2: The album requirements suddenly skyrocketed to a level that even the rewards from the Premium Pass can't fulfill. This creates a classic sunk-cost fallacy, pressuring those who already paid for the pass to now buy seasonal coin bundles so their initial investment doesn't feel wasted.
This leads to the big question: Are we supposed to expect a similar huge shortfall in Weeks 3 and 4? Will completing the final album require another $15 top-up each week?
This whole model just feels wrong. We've seen EA occasionally hide information to incite spending since the album feature was introduced, but the execution this season is by far the worst. I'm convinced that if the Week 2 requirements had been revealed from the start, many of us would have made very different decisions, like not buying the Premium Pass in the first place or not even bothering to upgrade the fun fairs.
First, thanks for the respectful reply. Unfortunately that seems to be the exception here.
I'm not particularly happy with the way too high requirements for the album completion either, but personally I've learned not to care about those. There have been a few seasons where I absolutely wanted them - like with the New Year tower. In other cases I just realised it's supposed to be a highly exclusive thing that I wasn't willing to spend the necessary money on.
I certainly agree with you that they should be more forthcoming about the requirements and what can and can't be obtained. Keeping things constant and not switching between seasons every time would certainly be an improvement too. I've always said so and filed the same complaint in other threads about this subject.
I think the most bothering point for everyone is the intransparency! If I had known, that the upgrade to level 9 is not doable, I would have spent the currency on other buildings instead of leveling Oktoberfest to level 8 and get stuck there. My conclusion on this is, that I will not spent any additional Money for this game, as for me it is pretty disrespectful how I‘m treated as a customer.
