Woet wrote: ↑December 29th, 2024, 7:47 am
What I mentioned during the previous events this year applies to this one as well:
Events will no longer be the free zero-effort zero-risk money-spawning events that they were in the past. Sure, I know it sucks that you can't get a few hundred million by finding some gift boxes scattered around the map like in the past, but with previous events like that spawning $40-50 billion in just 1-2 weeks absolutely wrecks the economy. It leads to massive inflation and stockpiling of resources. New players and players that weren't around during the event have zero opportunity to catch up.
I am aware this is a disappointing to some of you, and the server is definitely more fun with 200-250 people chasing around gift boxes, but this is not sustainable. We're working hard on rebalancing the economy. After many years of insanely lucrative events, having unbalanced businesses that spawn billions at zero risk or effort, and selling premium addict for 2.50 EUR/month it will take some time, but we're getting there.
This isn't just affecting you either. Over the past 2 years, hundreds of people have contacted me asking to spend EUR on businesses, factions, vehicles, or special deals on premium plans. I've said no to every single one of them. I could have probably earned ~ 50,000 EUR if I said yes to all of them, which would have utterly destroyed the server economy and left you with a few players owning nearly everything, and I never did.
The reason for this is we have many plans and things in progress that will allow you to earn plenty of money throughout the entire year. An entirely revamped experience for new players that will encourage them to stick around. Plenty of new game mechanics that can be done alone, with a few friends, or with a massive group that reward you according to the time and risk you invest into it. But this relies on the economy being balanced, because what's the point if you can just wait a few months and earn $300m by playing a few days during the Halloween and Christmas event?
For now, just enjoy the event. It currently gives you a minimum of $600,000 - $1,000,000 per hour for just driving around the city - and much more if you get lucky. If that's not enough for you, or you don't enjoy the event - that's fine too. Just like some people might not enjoy being legal or paintball, it's entirely optional.
Just wait to see what 2025 will bring.