I've given up on the various race categories now, totally confuses me. I just look at the pen I'm going to be plonked in, and if there are 3 or 4 others who look the same ability as me (so I know I should have company) then I'll join. No idea what their various scores are as it doesn't show in ZP
The bonus XP currently only makes a real difference if you are under level 41 and don't have the best virtual equipment for races.
As for only allowing outdoor rides count from Garmin and Wahoo, to give XP, what the heck?
It's OK but it only loads Garmin data from outdoor rides, if you upload to Garmin from Rouvy, Mywhoose etc, it doesn't upload to Zwift, so it can't be used to record total mileage like Garmin/Strava etc.
Depends how you look at it. You appear to be under the impression that Zwift, or any other business really, cares about you.Honestly, who gives a monkeys about how long another rider's streak is?
Who thinks developing a streak saver is a good use of Zwift programming time right now?
Zwift racing needs a complete overhaul, from limitting athlete weight/height changes; neutralized virtual equipment performance to scrapping this pathetic Racing Score and replacing it with a vELO system.
The bonus XP currently only makes a real difference if you are under level 41 and don't have the best virtual equipment for races.
As for only allowing outdoor rides count from Garmin and Wahoo, to give XP, what the heck?
Depends how you look at it. You appear to be under the impression that Zwift, or any other business really, cares about you.
A business doesn't exist to please you, it exists to make money. From that perspective, if 'gamification' such as upgrades, streaks, etc. attracts/retains more users than balancing racing, than it's perfectly reasonable for a private enterprise to invest in it. Isn't it?
May be very cynical of me, but you know... It's not like they love you
That, and let's be honest: There is no solution for balancing racing - it's just a matter of which group of people gets shafted. No way to make everyone happy makes for another good reason to work on other stuff.
And the commodity is "a whinging license"
I can't see how the VCs are ever getting a return though.
I pay my subs so only fair I get my whinging in
I'm struggling to see how they can't get a return - it's a fairly simple model surely? A few developers, adding additional features to the software framework they already have in place? Big increase in fees to uses, certainly a high number of riders still on the platform - it 'should' be a money making machine.
It seems they have made a few mistakes along the way but (in my personal opinion) they do seem to at last be learning what the community wants and are hitting some right notes. Long may it last
Damn, I didn't whinge enough there ...
.... bloody ZRS, pile of crock that is
Well yeah, but I was just correcting what you said about it not being on ZP
There's lots that should/could be improved on ZP but I don't think Zwift are interested in doing that and it's just a bit of a placeholder site for them until they get all that data properly in-house within the Zwift.com website I suspect (which does kind of make sense in the longer term)
I think this is the most overlooked reason why the actions (or lack of) that Zwift make so often annoy some of us but possibly make sense for the business as a whole. We see it through the lens of racing as that's one of our main uses and enjoyments on Zwift but we're actually in the minority of their overall customer base.
Same, but having seen the weather forecast - yellow warnings for rainfall and flooding in Somerset, and lots of rainclouds for the next couple of weeks - I won't be pausing my membership just yet!
. So used to using ZP ... ZR looks better as can at least sort by vElo score (although by the looks that does need recent data as it had me completely wrong yesterday - forecast I'd be second, but I was 19th - haven't raced for ages)
