Participation boost? Or major turn off?

[DanielRH]

Hi,

First, been loving the effort Cinco and the rest of the folks at STS have been putting into getting people interested in playing the game again with events and new vanities -- it's been fun.

Now I really enjoyed the last event, it took me maybe 8 hours of grinding with friends, and I managed to somehow fit it into my schedule. It was participatory. The grind, while not short, felt attainable. The rewards were lovely. It felt balanced. I really thought you folks nailed the balance between work and reward.

So imagine how disappointed I was to see the event this week; it has pretty cool looking loot, that I'm simply never going to have. I can't spend 72 hours grinding. I work, I live. I'm not even going to try.

Is everyone suddenly a hardcore gamer? I'm all for giving middle-high schoolers with endless time some better rewards for the grind (which I'm sure is bringing in lots of dough), but have you considered that some of us without that kind of time might also kick over some income just to be able to participate? I'd happily pay for a maxx run type event map. Even paying for myxx and golden skeletons, it would still take far more time than I have to spend this weekend. It's a game turn-off for me.

Just my 2 cents.