They're pushing the game into an early grave
I was somewhat of accepting of the corporate greed, until now.
Lowering the currency rewards on the daily missions to pretty much nothing... along with the event currency only reseting weekly. The urge to hop on daily does't exist anymore. These issues wouldn't be too bad if the game had anything else to it.. but it doesn't.
The map is boring and lacks character. It's also very very small. A few days of hitting the daily challenges and you've experienced the full map... but until now, i was happy doing the daily challenges because it rewarded a decent amount of currency.
All rewards come from currency... why not have a challenge system with 150+ challenges that all reward a decent cosmetic? Pretty unique challenges such as "skate into 15 pedestrians wearing red shirts" or "skate 15 different blue rails across the map" But the next challenge doesn't unlock until you've completed another. Similar to the RDR2 challenge system.
Or collectibles that reset weekly/monthly. This would give an incentive to actually skate the entire map outside of challenges. Repeatedly too, not just 1 time around. "Collect 100 bearings hidden around the map to unlock exclusive VANS skater pack" for example.
I understand that paywalls = income. Simply charge for the game and people will still buy it. And you'd still make money! I understand that fornite set a precedent for microtransactions being successful. It works for a pvp game where the experience is in the online experience and every 30 minutes the game resets and is just as fun. But this doesn't work for a freeroam sport themed game.
On top of these ideas, a paid £5 dlc that unlocks some cool boards or cosmetics is something i'd still happily go for.
As for right now, I see how unhappy the player base is and that this game will soon be taken offline and be unplayable. This is the sole reason that outside of the founders pack I refuse to spend money for cosmetics I like, because the game is ONLINE only at some point in the near future all my hard-earnt and spent money will result in nothing. Which is assume is the mindset of other players too.
