November 24, 2009 And now for the details...

03:42pm by Cheechoo (Site)

Now for the 3.0 fine print:

Because of the way Part Set/Conversion Kit/Widebody Kits are made, we are setting “part types” to be the unlockable part features, instead of setting gold/bronze/grey tags to a part model.

What this means: this means that instead of being able to max out a car of a certain tier and not being able to max out a car of a higher tier, you won’t be able to max out a car of any tier until you’ve unlocked all part types. For instance, at a low level you’ll be able to get a whole bunch of parts for a Civic, but not the more advanced part types. When you level up, if you haven’t unlocked the more advanced part types, you’d still only be able to get the same amount of parts for the car you just unlocked.

Why? One reason is because of the way part groupings (conversion kits, widebody kits, part sets) are. Another reason is because we want those Kits to be unlocked at a much later time. Users that are just getting the hang of vDream will be overwhelmed by the complexity of Part Sets, so we want to make sure they are only available for the more experienced users.

We feel that unlocking part types also makes more sense simply because there are certain part types that are inherently more difficult to use because they require more knowledge of how the vDream system works. Unlocking these at a later time allows users to get a better grasp of vDream before they delve into more difficult decisions.

So please! It’s another call-to-action to the current 2.0 user-base! Get all the parts you can, while you still can, before they get locked! High level users need not worry, you’ll likely have everything unlocked anyway.