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Charging tokens for team names

Was this really necessary? I understand you guys need the financial support to develop the game, but I feel like this was just unnecessary. You just introduced 10 new levels, engines, driver abilities, and new HQ levels. Certainly this little addition of charging tokens for team names and team colors wasn’t needed, right?

Hi all, i think it's poor that in the new update they introduced a hidden charge for changing the team name and team colour. It costs 10 tokens to do both. This has always been a free throughout the time I've played the game. I compete in numerous leagues where team racing is key and makes the game a lot of fun, and this is a big roadblock to this. From talking to my fellow drivers they are also disappointed by this choice. It feels as if the game is no longer suited for free-to-play players, and they are just trying to make money out of us with this new update.

They merged these two threads, hence removing a poll on Tommy's thread which showed 95% against this......

It's disappointing simply because it will turn away new players. For higher level accounts with hundreds of tokens, it's fine, but for people just starting out, they may not realise which suppliers are best, so may only get 1 token per race...... 10 tokens just to change their team name will appear kinda scary.

Forming teams within the league was an innovative and engaging way of playing the game. This change discourages that and feels particularly targeted to this playerbase

Almost like they did it on purpose, could have easily ignored my post as it had a poll… they would have gotten a better feedback from that cause it’s not like everyone will write down their opinion 

Well, it does have 11 'likes'.

The best leagues in this game with the strongest communities have been forced to move league management and scoring to outside spreadsheets. Because the in game mechanics don't allow for the simple things like the formation of teams and restructuing of the points ladder. 

So I think charging coins for team name and color change is pretty unfair.

unfair

I respond here to keep the conversation focussed.


If the change is not to generate meaningful revenue, then I implore you to either reverse the decision, or change the cost to a single token if you wish to combat constant name changes. It is sad as in multiple leagues I race in, we have people saying they can no longer afford (as a free player) to partake in our team mechanics. This is so sad, and I hope you can reverse this quickly just like you have done with the team colour, perhaps as a nice touch to your long-time players. 

Exactly what I was just talking about in another post. Hopefully something is done about it.

I think Chris is right, changes are not necessary from a dev or owner perspective, but I believe it will not help how the game is viewed by the general playerbase.


The new changes that are bringing in money have caused discontent among some, but in general has been received well with some cool new features, which in turn provide a new stream of income for the game to use as a springboard to new heights.

However, I believe there is a difference between introducing these new features with an appropriate cost, and changing a fundamental and basic feature of the game to come with a cost. This creates an impression among the playerbase that everything will be monetised in an extreme p2w situation, when in reality there were only a few additional token costs that will change from the previous dynamic.

I don't think this negative impression is a good idea, but I understand what is trying to be achieved. If the goal is to prevent people from constantly changing their name, then perhaps the better way to go about it would be to have a cooldown to changing your team name (Maybe a couple of weeks), during which you can pay tokens to change your name immediately.

I believe this would be a more effective way to restrict the frequency of name changes, while also maintaining a positive relationship with the playerbase.

Cams suggestion of a countdown timer to a free name change gets my support. 

It deals with the concern off too frequent name changes while preserving the ability to change the name for free. It should work for both sides. +1 from me.

Agree with this completely. Allows players to change team name freely but prevents changing all the time, like Michael said, it’s a win-win situation.

Sometimes I feel that they don't like the roleplay. In the Hispanic leagues it is very common and very necessary to change team names. Whether it is due to transfers, a new player in the league that needs to be in the team, or a change of team. Many circumstances that call for changes.

Honestly I will never understand this decision. For me, the worst is a long time.

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Yes, I was shocked to see a charge when I changed my name recently. We have teams of two managers in our league who swap regularly so new names are needed season by season. This will put off players joining in with this side of the game without a doubt. I agree, it seems very petty and almost vindictive.