I still remember when GL used to put out patch notes and announce that they were going to make changes to the prices of cars and decals. Nowadays they don't do that anymore and now they take you by surprise.
To be fair, this is the least venom they could've injected. It's a purely cosmetic monetization, so I don't see it being as bad as making cars for vouchers or something like that
I dont think this change is a "game killer". If the cars-to-token wasn't this isnt either. But I see your point, and I agree lack of transparency is a bad thing
i was saving up tokens to buy the eagle livery for the corvette grandsport, yknow the eagle livery that used to be a mastery reward when that was still a thing, now i cant get it 😔
@@DBTsVrooms close to 1000 tokens, so fairly far away, so i bit the bullet and spent my tokens on other liveries i could afford while i still had the chance, now im at 400 tokens i also bought the c class electric renault thing with the new offer, which is a purchase i dont really regret, but now ill have to save up on tokens more
as a player since 2014(i lost all accouts and like in february i returned to a8 because i got a new phone) i can tell this update is a huge L, first change all cars to token price(like 98% of cars to tokens) then more p2w uptades and now this, the game is losing its fun, but still, let me pay into the game💀💀(i watched your last video about the update list not long ago and i was hyped about the update,and as an iOS player i updated the game right of the second i saw the "update" button, this update is unfortunate for me, and on most of my old accounts i had that one green lightning mastery decal on most of my cars, but now i will not pay 6€(5,99€) for a single decal..)
My garage turned into a colourful freakshow; Nice! About Gameloft charging for paintjobs: I think it's okay they do so. It does not effect the gameplay, so it does not make the pay to win any worse than it is right now. They should be able to make a few dollar, so charging for aesthetics is fine with me. Also charging for nice suits, paintjobs or quick upgrades, masterkeys, exclusive cars makes sense to me, as long as they do not destroy the gameplay. If you can only win if you pay, then it becomes a problem. It already is like this, but if you grind hard you can get a fast S-car and compete on a somewhat level playing field. (I did buy cars, because it took me too long, but hey.. it can be done.) I do think it is somewhat annoying you always need boost and tuning to win a race, because you will run out quickly, even if you do all events and earn all the boost/tuning stuff that is available. Some might invest into boost/tuning, but many will not. They rather invest in cars and upgrades. Not having enough boost/tuning is making people not being able to win, which in return will chase players away. I think it is best for Gameloft to keep a large group playing this game, even though A9 is there. They can run A8 on the backburner and program most events in advance, so there is not a lot of work to be done. If they are not too greedy, people will keep playing this game for a very long time. We all want to collect all cars and most of us do not own all cars. If they now and then do a few updates, it'll be fine.
@@DBTsVrooms hehe-yeah... and even though I do not like paying, I see myself buying some decals for my Lambo Sian and Ferrari FXX K if it is like a euro or two. Would love decals for my Lambo SC20, but I doubt they will appear for this model. Also would like a nice paintjob on my Ferrari Monza SP1, even though it already looks slick in pure white.
Play store says I can install the update in Wed. I was frustrated I need to free up space (5 gb) because I only installed asphalt 8. But I learned a trick to uninstall and reinstall and it worked. And dont ask why having to free 5gb is a big deal.
tbh, it kinda sucks that they made this change, bcs while nobody really cared abt decals, i still bought some from time to time, but since i dont play that much due to having a bad device, i dont have many credits to get them
I always care about decals, but some people aren't. Rn, I didn't update the game so I am using the double credit boosters to get my last 6 and 6 cars in a and s cars left to buy with credits. I already bought all the decals from d,c, and b class. And I agree with you the new norm will that with decals. Maybe Gl should add a new season career or something to get decals for free or something else. 😄😅
That's fair. Some people do like the cars looking insane with crazy graphics on them, and others prefer tasteful color choices. Im in the middle, i like both, so I will be switching them and removing them as time goes on :D
The livery changed into voucher is not a bad thing but the biggest drop is if the voucher is a voucher required upgrade its a big drop for the game cause mandatory token back then is already bad and now mandatory voucher upgrade is worst in my opinion
Well, there goes another secret change Gameloft did. I guess somehow, they were going to follow what the China verison is currently doing with the decals there. Really hope Legends: Unite won’t have this. What else are they going to do with the credits?
Please read this! You do make a point that we had years to get them but you have to think about new players, for new players it’s going to be a nightmare to save up for cars and other things and plus upgrades are so expensive now that with a million fusion coins you can only do 4 s class upgrades for hours of grinding it just such a hard process for new players and it drives most of them away and yes again the game hasn’t died very much but if gameloft keeps pulling these p2w cards over and over “just to keep the game running” it’s only going to kill the game more which just drives more players away so then you will have less people playing for game loft will have less revenue so really it’s not saving them at all, plus every time they make a new currency not exclusive anymore they make almost every car that currency, which again makes it feel like there is no changes because all the other currency’s become practically useless like credits or get drained insanely fast like fusion coins on upgrades or tokens which r hard to obtain and you have to save for months to even get decent car with tokens which is just dum and also if you going to be grinding the game so much you will most likely burn out which again drives more l players away so everything game loft is doing is honestly is just killing the game more.
Yeah, for sure. I'm not saying it's a good move to make these changes. I'm just pointing out that for older players complaining about this single change, it's silly given all the time they had to get the liveries. Honestly, making liveries premium is less of a problem than the change they did with tokens, for example. The game is ever evolving, not one change has stayed the same since their introduction. They make changes, see what needs adjusting and they adjust. Remember the inflation of prices? people still complain about that despite the fact that now even with the inflated prices, we are able to upgrade cars faster than for example, 3 years ago. Yes, even though cars cost over twice as much to upgrade, people forget that back then you got MUCH less fusion coins. I made a whole video about it, and that was even before the introduction of 500k a week through MP series (one week in classic to elite, next week in master to elite), and the constant TLEs to get parts to sell for FuCs.
@@DBTsVrooms this is true but also we might get more fusion coins but still it’s cotsts a lot to upgrade then so it feels kinda counter intuitive but I do see your pint that we get make fusion coins, Thank you for the reply
Interestingly, iPad hasn’t received the update yet! Anyways, I splurged several million on decals and i still have tons left. Also, I was able to match my in game name to my discord username, which is nice for getting more recognized.
I would like to offer a different opinion on the matter. I started a new Asphalt 8 account about 6 months ago and have spent every single credit on cars, upgrades and decals. Despite getting my hands on every available credit reward, I am still unable to buy every decal in the game. So for me this change comes too early. And I understand that Gameloft needs to make money but does that money have to come primarily from new players?
I agree that for new players this is a gut punch if you wanted the liveries. I was mostly referring to older players that have never cared to buy them for credits, that's where the complaining seems silly. Sadly, that's just how this game works. GL wants the new players (that will install the game after the update) to know this as the "normal", while we (the players pre-patch) we get to see this transition in real time, and realize what we've lost thanks to this change
Livery?? Isn't it called Decals? Thanks for the warning! I was lucky: When I watched your video at home, my PC was in the office and running, with automatic App updates turned on, so there was nothing I could do. But this morning I saw, the update hadn't instelled yet, so I obtained at least one Decal for each car, also for cars I don't own yet. And I still have almost 30M Credits left after that. 😎
Same here; and 20M was only sufficient for around 2/3 of my cars (182 on my biggest account). Plus all the cars I don't yet own.., - ah well, I'll be the "Basic Paint Challenger" for those races in the future.😊 No biggie..╮(. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)╭
I still remember when GL used to put out patch notes and announce that they were going to make changes to the prices of cars and decals. Nowadays they don't do that anymore and now they take you by surprise.
Yeah. If people don't expect it, they can't prepare for it :(
"Play with the Snake and you get the Venom. ". Battista the Karma Receiver.
To be fair, this is the least venom they could've injected. It's a purely cosmetic monetization, so I don't see it being as bad as making cars for vouchers or something like that
This right here is why many people think gameloft is killing asphalt 8 because they don't tell us some changes they do to the game.
I dont think this change is a "game killer". If the cars-to-token wasn't this isnt either. But I see your point, and I agree lack of transparency is a bad thing
I know some people think this game is dying though
Z@@DBTsVrooms
Because Gameloft only support asphalt 9 legends
also its not gameloft anymore they were taken over by a different companies that destoyed this game gameloft moved on to aspahlt 9
Why stop there? Make it vouchers for switching colour too.
Don't give them ideas. D:
@@DBTsVrooms yea or else eventually, to get 1 race of career, we will pay for races with vouchers 🥲
i was saving up tokens to buy the eagle livery for the corvette grandsport, yknow the eagle livery that used to be a mastery reward when that was still a thing, now i cant get it 😔
really sad
Oof. How far are you from being able to get it?
@@DBTsVrooms close to 1000 tokens, so fairly far away, so i bit the bullet and spent my tokens on other liveries i could afford while i still had the chance, now im at 400 tokens
i also bought the c class electric renault thing with the new offer, which is a purchase i dont really regret, but now ill have to save up on tokens more
Alright best decals/liverys bought now I can wait for the update
Noice! Better to get them while they're free :D
as a player since 2014(i lost all accouts and like in february i returned to a8 because i got a new phone) i can tell this update is a huge L, first change all cars to token price(like 98% of cars to tokens) then more p2w uptades and now this, the game is losing its fun, but still, let me pay into the game💀💀(i watched your last video about the update list not long ago and i was hyped about the update,and as an iOS player i updated the game right of the second i saw the "update" button, this update is unfortunate for me, and on most of my old accounts i had that one green lightning mastery decal on most of my cars, but now i will not pay 6€(5,99€) for a single decal..)
My garage turned into a colourful freakshow; Nice!
About Gameloft charging for paintjobs: I think it's okay they do so. It does not effect the gameplay, so it does not make the pay to win any worse than it is right now. They should be able to make a few dollar, so charging for aesthetics is fine with me. Also charging for nice suits, paintjobs or quick upgrades, masterkeys, exclusive cars makes sense to me, as long as they do not destroy the gameplay. If you can only win if you pay, then it becomes a problem. It already is like this, but if you grind hard you can get a fast S-car and compete on a somewhat level playing field. (I did buy cars, because it took me too long, but hey.. it can be done.)
I do think it is somewhat annoying you always need boost and tuning to win a race, because you will run out quickly, even if you do all events and earn all the boost/tuning stuff that is available.
Some might invest into boost/tuning, but many will not. They rather invest in cars and upgrades. Not having enough boost/tuning is making people not being able to win, which in return will chase players away.
I think it is best for Gameloft to keep a large group playing this game, even though A9 is there. They can run A8 on the backburner and program most events in advance, so there is not a lot of work to be done. If they are not too greedy, people will keep playing this game for a very long time. We all want to collect all cars and most of us do not own all cars. If they now and then do a few updates, it'll be fine.
Hahaha. I love that description: Colourful freakshow! We're in the same boat! :D
@@DBTsVrooms hehe-yeah... and even though I do not like paying, I see myself buying some decals for my Lambo Sian and Ferrari FXX K if it is like a euro or two. Would love decals for my Lambo SC20, but I doubt they will appear for this model. Also would like a nice paintjob on my Ferrari Monza SP1, even though it already looks slick in pure white.
@@YATESAsphalt8 This is why I dont get vouchers
Play store says I can install the update in Wed. I was frustrated I need to free up space (5 gb) because I only installed asphalt 8. But I learned a trick to uninstall and reinstall and it worked. And dont ask why having to free 5gb is a big deal.
Ohh, I wonder why some people got the update early
Beta testing?
Update isn't out on Android yet. Thanks for the heads-up! I'll go splurge my credits and tokens on decals.
tbh, it kinda sucks that they made this change, bcs while nobody really cared abt decals, i still bought some from time to time, but since i dont play that much due to having a bad device, i dont have many credits to get them
i got every decal i can and i still didn't update my game
Noice!
@@DBTsVrooms I got update 67
I always care about decals, but some people aren't. Rn, I didn't update the game so I am using the double credit boosters to get my last 6 and 6 cars in a and s cars left to buy with credits. I already bought all the decals from d,c, and b class. And I agree with you the new norm will that with decals. Maybe Gl should add a new season career or something to get decals for free or something else. 😄😅
DBT
You mentioned this on a video last Saturday.
This doesn’t surprise me.
Most of these decals are kind of ugly anyway.
That's fair. Some people do like the cars looking insane with crazy graphics on them, and others prefer tasteful color choices. Im in the middle, i like both, so I will be switching them and removing them as time goes on :D
The livery changed into voucher is not a bad thing but the biggest drop is if the voucher is a voucher required upgrade its a big drop for the game cause mandatory token back then is already bad and now mandatory voucher upgrade is worst in my opinion
5:06 but I just started playing in december of last year
What happened to Gauntlet badges after update if not used?
I dont believe they've gotten removed
@@DBTsVrooms okay Thanks I got most of decals, some cars have very cool decals!
btw the r8 e tron livery was ontainable fo free back in the day
Oof. Well, i guess in a few months from now, we'll look at a lot of liveries and say "they were obtainable for free back in the day" too :(
I’m on IOS and haven’t got the update yet, I’m guessing only certain countries got it earlier than others
Yeah, Im not sure what's exactly the deployment order
Well, there goes another secret change Gameloft did. I guess somehow, they were going to follow what the China verison is currently doing with the decals there. Really hope Legends: Unite won’t have this. What else are they going to do with the credits?
Yeah, i mean, in modern games, customization is coveted, so it kinda makes sense that they want to make it "you wanna be special? pay to look special"
@@DBTsVrooms I know. At least in modern and previous Forza titles, you can make decal and sell sell them for in-game credits.
Just the other day I was buying all the decals for the Hennessy and Cadillac 16, man I'm so lucky I did that 😂
You never realize how valuable something is until you can't get it anymore
You definitely speak the truth right here!
Make the video about the Audi R8 e tron like I asked u and also I bought that decal when free token came out for audi
I never update my Asphalt 8 since version 3.6.0 was released
Please read this! You do make a point that we had years to get them but you have to think about new players, for new players it’s going to be a nightmare to save up for cars and other things and plus upgrades are so expensive now that with a million fusion coins you can only do 4 s class upgrades for hours of grinding it just such a hard process for new players and it drives most of them away and yes again the game hasn’t died very much but if gameloft keeps pulling these p2w cards over and over “just to keep the game running” it’s only going to kill the game more which just drives more players away so then you will have less people playing for game loft will have less revenue so really it’s not saving them at all, plus every time they make a new currency not exclusive anymore they make almost every car that currency, which again makes it feel like there is no changes because all the other currency’s become practically useless like credits or get drained insanely fast like fusion coins on upgrades or tokens which r hard to obtain and you have to save for months to even get decent car with tokens which is just dum and also if you going to be grinding the game so much you will most likely burn out which again drives more l players away so everything game loft is doing is honestly is just killing the game more.
Yeah, for sure. I'm not saying it's a good move to make these changes. I'm just pointing out that for older players complaining about this single change, it's silly given all the time they had to get the liveries. Honestly, making liveries premium is less of a problem than the change they did with tokens, for example.
The game is ever evolving, not one change has stayed the same since their introduction. They make changes, see what needs adjusting and they adjust. Remember the inflation of prices? people still complain about that despite the fact that now even with the inflated prices, we are able to upgrade cars faster than for example, 3 years ago. Yes, even though cars cost over twice as much to upgrade, people forget that back then you got MUCH less fusion coins. I made a whole video about it, and that was even before the introduction of 500k a week through MP series (one week in classic to elite, next week in master to elite), and the constant TLEs to get parts to sell for FuCs.
@@DBTsVrooms this is true but also we might get more fusion coins but still it’s cotsts a lot to upgrade then so it feels kinda counter intuitive but I do see your pint that we get make fusion coins, Thank you for the reply
Interestingly, iPad hasn’t received the update yet! Anyways, I splurged several million on decals and i still have tons left. Also, I was able to match my in game name to my discord username, which is nice for getting more recognized.
I’m on iPad so I don’t have update
Nice! Glad you got the liveries :D
@@DBTsVrooms the Audi decal I got 2 months ago when tokens first came out
I would like to offer a different opinion on the matter. I started a new Asphalt 8 account about 6 months ago and have spent every single credit on cars, upgrades and decals. Despite getting my hands on every available credit reward, I am still unable to buy every decal in the game. So for me this change comes too early. And I understand that Gameloft needs to make money but does that money have to come primarily from new players?
I agree that for new players this is a gut punch if you wanted the liveries. I was mostly referring to older players that have never cared to buy them for credits, that's where the complaining seems silly.
Sadly, that's just how this game works. GL wants the new players (that will install the game after the update) to know this as the "normal", while we (the players pre-patch) we get to see this transition in real time, and realize what we've lost thanks to this change
Livery?? Isn't it called Decals? Thanks for the warning! I was lucky: When I watched your video at home, my PC was in the office and running, with automatic App updates turned on, so there was nothing I could do. But this morning I saw, the update hadn't instelled yet, so I obtained at least one Decal for each car, also for cars I don't own yet. And I still have almost 30M Credits left after that. 😎
Bro thanks for information
You're welcome! glad it's useful
I think they are giving up on this game and they are focusing more on A9
i just deleted the game
im just angry because i lost my progress
People really care about those decals? I mean, it might get boring but all cars are not for vouchers.😅
They are not pay to win pay to get because they don't change performance of car
Yes, I said as much in the video.
RIP my 20 million
It was for a good cause, I hope :D
Same here; and 20M was only sufficient for around 2/3 of my cars (182 on my biggest account). Plus all the cars I don't yet own..,
- ah well, I'll be the "Basic Paint Challenger" for those races in the future.😊
No biggie..╮(. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)╭
@@rullebullerodmule297 the worst is it was all on class A cars
I haven't even got the update when I`m seeing the video lol
Same I’m spending my credits
Yeah, not a lot of people have it, but some do
I don't have credit 🙂👉👈
I am so F****ED...
Get what you can, even if it's just a couple.
I'm saved though. Thanks
Fortunately i dont care about liveries lol
That's fair. Some people do, some people dont. I didn't for a while, until i got tired of seeing cars like the Survolt always looking the same
@@DBTsVrooms thats what i did to my survolt but i only done it to survolt
I NEVER UPDATED MY GAME YAYYYYYYY
No consideration from GL to the CCP... 😞
1st
No one cares
Okay 😢@@W.bonnie21
Bros didn't care. 💀
@@W.bonnie21
That was fast
I care.. I always want to be first!
Bro
Bro
2nd
Indeed