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Re: New levels, new thoughts.

Fri, Jul 31 2015 11:43 AM (27 replies)
  • Richard4168
    4,309 Posts
    Sat, Sep 18 2010 8:18 PM

    Ahh GL, not to worry. The i15's are great clubs and all you have to do is complete some surveys and you'll have all the GI2 series golf balls you can handle making scoring fun again. Oops, I didn't notice WGT bumped you to the Legend tier.

    GL57:
    After having had the foolishness of selling my previous regular master R9 and G10 clubs, with pro Ping wedges and Daytona putter, I am royally stuck. Why?

    Oh no you didn't?  : )

  • Yoda79
    697 Posts
    Sat, Sep 18 2010 8:41 PM

                    On the subject of levels and a possible solution, I realize that the way the levels are set up now isn't all that great. I mean I'm currently at level 36 and have to wait till level 71 if I want the Daytona putter. It's going to take a really long time. And I guess WGT can't or won't  for whatever reason just dump the leveling system. So what if they lowered the level requirements for everything. For example the Daytona putter is currently at 71 maybe drop it to 51. I don't know something like that. What does anybody think about that. Yeah it's still the same problem but maybe doing that would tone down the problem a little bit and make it more manageable. Just a thought.

  • CharlemagneRH
    1,054 Posts
    Sat, Sep 18 2010 9:24 PM

    There's plenty that could be done within the system to fix the problem, yes.  Scrapping it entirely isn't really required to make it easier to get the clubs.

  • GL57
    83 Posts
    Sun, Sep 19 2010 2:45 AM

    The regular master R9 with GI-SD balls remains a better performer than its Super Tri counterpart with G12 or G13 balls. Anyway, I felt more at home with my previous set than with this one, all the more as the master Ping wedges (105y and 85y) and putter are a tough proposition for the short game. Mind you, the insane legend greens are a big part of the equation.

    But the final question is : what's the value of the new level system compared to the previous one? More cons than pros, no doubt. So WGT has a tough choice to make. Either backtrack with humility or go forward with a series of changes that puts its members' anger to sleep. What changes? Start members that used to have full Pro Shop access at level 90, and relax the level requirements for the other members so that they can always buy basic clubs appropriate to their tier as they advance to it, with only select clubs being locked for a reasonable amount of time based solely on levels.

     

  • bifferskipper
    76 Posts
    Sun, Sep 19 2010 6:37 AM

    GL57:
    Besides that, I am sorry to say, WGT, whose genius I have praised more than once before, the new system of levels is a large and painful hemerrhoid on my golfer's ass.

    i work offshore and came home to see i was thrown into this new legend level and not allowed to get better equipment(missed sale while offshore). i agree with everything ive read in this thread. I post all my scores and was at 60, now at 66...hmmmm ..if i wanted to play this bad i would just go out and play real golf....that being the reason i "DID" love this game as it let me pretend i was good..lmfao

  • GL57
    83 Posts
    Sun, Sep 19 2010 7:00 AM

    Same here, to the extent that overnight the game has changed so radically for legends (far back tees and super fast greens that easily turn birdies into bogeys) that many of them feel as though they had been thrown back in their amateur days when pars were an achievement and birdies an exploit.

    Only the hard core golfers that are the most adaptable -- willing to significantly lower their expectations after a blissful time in golf fantasy land where -9 on 9 holes was possible-- will hang on for the ride. I am one of them, and I keep looking at the PGA tour scorecards to get a sobering dose of reality check.

    As for the legends who sigh after an obscene birdie and eagle fest that now is only the privilege of a few virtual golf prodigies, there is always Tiger Woods Online and its half-decent, half mediocre graphics, and shooting system that feels like a boring mechanical exercise. I do have an account there, but I rarely bother using it, as it puts me off in too many ways.

  • seanobrien
    296 Posts
    Mon, Sep 20 2010 2:25 AM

    You should buy the tour SD balls instaed. 2 dots of distance and spin.

    Won't compensate for the back tees though

  • stungunz
    12 Posts
    Fri, Jul 31 2015 11:43 AM

    i guess the next level is GOD and then TOUR GOD, what a joke

     

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