Although an understandable experiment, I do hope it stays that way: an experiment. The removal of the boxes has taken out much of the fun of the game: > It is really a great sport to get to the box in time, before anyone else gets there or being blown away.. :-) > Collecting the diamonds gives a sense of 'earning' enough to buy upgrades, a rewarding feeling > Now you have to sit out a (to a large extend boring) session before you get anything - which also is largely dependent on winning or not. If a game is lost, it already was unsatisfactory, but understandable. Now? Now I just want to quit. > > And I do miss the excitement of lingering around in places those boxes were dropped, avoiding getting blown away, be smart enough and aggressive enough to make it, PLUS be of support to the team. > Besides, the rewards (10) were small enough to choose for the focussing on the team play. Those boxes were great fun to have lying around. Now that has gone. Previously, the stronger tanks took most of the rewards anyway, but at least there was some chance on getting those diamonds in. Now it seems an incentive to stay hidden. There is less incentive to 'go for gold'. > Speaking of gold: were has the rush gone to when that horn blew and you had to (1) be lucky to be at the right spot, but (2) also to have at least some influence of grabbing the gold box (which I luckily managed to do a few times). Now that element has been reduced to chance only. I doubt if I get a gold box anytime soon. > I was really happy with the different sizes of the boxes. Grrrrreat fun!!! (1, 5, 10, 20 etc). Keep that. Well, some will like it, I can only expect most people to dislike te current, relatively boring set-up. If it stays, I think I will leave the game to those that like it. BUT... there might a solution: when creating a field/game, why not make it optional? That way, one can see what set-up is used. You could use a small icon of a little pig, used for kids to save money, when the current set-up is chosen, and a boxes with '10' in the middle (or something that works) to signal boxes will be dropped. Something like that. Thinking that through, not sure if gold boxes can be chosen. But if that is option in the design of a field, why not make the values variable? I would love to see more gold boxes (minimum value for instance 500), but to keep it cost effective for you as design team, each box of 1000 can only give 2 of 500. Just a thought. All the best with further developments. In the meantime, I will sit out a few rides - but way less fun and exciting as before. TDR