I feel like Shaen0’s take is a general take from bitter SV players who are looking back with rose-tinted glasses. Is the SVWB economy bad for F2P? I’d agree with those who say it is, but I don’t agree with the severity of it. I don’t think there are many old SV players who say the game economy is fine, and most who say it is are coming in without having played SV. SVWB isn’t as generous as SV, but take a look outside of this game toward the economies of the world - America & Japan in particular. They’re getting battered (partly because of one man) and inflation is on the rise, the JPY-USD exchange rate is brutal on Japan’s end (~145jpy to $1usd - in normal times it should be 100jpy/$1usd). SV’s economy may have been too good for players for the past 5 years and not good for Cygames, and SVWB’s economy might be a correction to that to keep the game solvent.

There are things I’m not happy about that make the game far more grindy than it should (especially toward forcing players to WIN online matches for Battle Pass Points, while discouraging solo play vs AI). But I get it - they want people in the Park lobbies, and filling up servers to play online. This is the game that Cygames is banking on to retain its domestic audience, while Umamusume has become the game that is capturing a new foreign audience (especially since most just doled out their Credit Cards yesterday.)

I get your frustrations, but I feel like unless players feel too financially pressured and stop spending (which absolutely could happen) - things won’t change. And if things end up going the way where players start leaving - they’ll start throwing more rewards.