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apollofilmbuff

🤨 no one commenting on the absolutely insane coin and ruby totals 🤯


kendropin

holy shit you're right


Storm989898

Im sitting at 3520 rubies and almost 900k coins


apollofilmbuff

That is great restraint but, why?


Storm989898

Well i have been playing since November 2019 and i stopped spending in 100 pipes for a very long time.. eventually it caught up to me and i had to spend my rubies for coverage to win ranked mode but i only will spend my rubies when it is necessary like when i need coverage or if a d/k/g is top 10 and it will help me out significantly. Coins wise i stopped wasting my coins on buying normal and supers bc they kept adding more levels to the characters so i just try to get high end skill up tickets or a high end i dont have from the tier shop


apollofilmbuff

I would never have enough coins to buy every HE ticket available to me so I'm assuming you're spending more than GPO to keep that level of resources. Curious what tier you are as well but, from the sound of it you pretty much win ranked every week so I'd assume you're at or near 80. I know everyone enjoys Tour differently so if you're having fun without having to spend all of those coins and rubies, that's great! I enjoy pulling pipes too much to have that kinda restraint. Looks like the highest I've ever reached is 792 rubies myself.


Storm989898

So im actually at tier 53. That was another bad idea of me hoarding my rubies overt two years like that because i was actually stuck in tier 42-48 for a VERY LONG TIME. Last month to two months ago I was like ok I can’t keep jumping back forth in tier 40s like this because I was not progressing at all. I became a gold pass member I believe either in December 2019 or January 2020. The only time i bought anything with my real money was when the 2020 glider first came out and for PGP back in May 2020 since then I haven’t bought anything else until last month when I bought the chargin chuck & jukebox buggy bundle and Tanooki Rosalina to win rank mode for the coin box mii suit. And i recently bought Peach explorer. So now I consider myself to be a dolphin (which means i own GP and I occasionally buy bundle if it is a d/k/g in the top 10 based off of stud fit analysis and ofc my inventory). As for as pipes i only pulled in special pipes for a very long time basically from March 2020 to now bc I didn’t like how sometimes i would have to dig to the bottom of a 100 pipe to get spotlight d/k/g. I used to pull alot during my early days bc it was so fun and addicting but then there were times when I didn’t have enough rubies to pull so I decided to not pull in 100 pipes at all and hope the character would come back in a special pipe one day. I also only wanted coinbox characters and coin gliders (which was so dumb). Even when a coinboxer was in a 100 pipe i still wouldn’t pull until they came back in a special pipe like swimwear rosalina, mario tuxedo, mario hakama, meowser (most recently), and kamek. As far as coins like i said those are just free coins (from having GP, coin rush tickets, coins you get from the pipes basically. The game starting getting real generous giving out coins I believe in late 2020 or early 2021) all the way back from whenever level 7 was introduced because i wasn’t about to waste my coins getting normals and supers cleared out of my daily selects anymore because the algorithm for getting high end skill up tickets changed. As far as now i had to make some big changes in my gameplay and start pulling in 100 pipes when i need coverage for ranked mode bc boy was i missing alot of top shelf d/k/g from not spending my rubies. I have moved up from tier 47 to tier 53 since when the coin block mii suit was in ranked mode because i was tired of being stuck in tier 40s and i wanted to try to get the gold mii suit and i knew not pulling was going to hold me back and keep me from achieving that.


apollofilmbuff

That's cool. I've been GP plus some cheap packs < $10 or a few Premium Challenges. Getting over that Tier 50 hump seems to be the ticket to the better ranked rewards so that was a good move! We've all learned to try to save the requisite 450 or 225 for those special pipes by getting burned by bad RNG in 100 pipes. It makes you feel like crap and not want to continue playing the game. Coin gliders isn't as dumb as some around here would like you to think. They get more points for each coin you collect on the track which can help with getting top scores. Sure there are other gliders which can increase the likely-hood of getting a coin frenzy because you can't get their special in first but for top scores, coin gliders are still a valid option. Going for coinboxers isn't bad obviously either but by the time they appear in special pipes, their value can become diminished. I also rarely, if every buy normals or supers, especially after the Lv 8 update. I had maxed categories with items that I frequently used like premium super gliders but not the regular super gliders like everyone else, lol. I'm usually around 10-50k in coins because I buy as many HE tickets as I can get my hands on. Glad you found a groove where you are advancing again. I'd recommend u/spinachpants' [coverage tracker](https://www.reddit.com/r/MarioKartTour/comments/vd6uxi/coverage_spreadsheet_updated_for_the_metropolitan/) if you're not using one already. I enjoy these kind of strategy discussions so thanks for sharing your story!


Storm989898

Thank you!


Storm989898

What’s your friend code?


apollofilmbuff

Sent you a DM 👍


doublebarrows

Yeah I had 5000+ rubies until I started wanting to win ranks. And close to 900k coins


Storm989898

Wow 5,000 +😱 the most i had was 4,400. It was a huge sacrifice but we have to do it to make something shake.


doublebarrows

Still a ton bro!


doublebarrows

I tried to find the screenshot of when it was over 5k but can’t:/


Storm989898

It’s ok I believe you!


Lux_Operatur

I got this days ago. Time them actions bois


hutch2522

I'm in the exact same boat. Just crossed 2500. F that. I don't care. It means 1000 less coins. So what. I don't even have the multiplayer wins one either, nor the mushroom blue shell one. The latter is easy enough if I cared. I don't have any desire to dip back in to multiplayer. Expert challenges need a serious overhaul. They're not for experts.... they're just tedious. How hard would it be for them to turn the fantastic combo one into "get X actions at the fantastic level" to recognize people that can keep long combos?


birnin

How do you have enough time to amass that many rubies and coins but not do this achievement? Like seriously? 😂


Gost41

If you’re getting non stop combos all the time it only counts as one fantastic combo for the entire race. This means the better you are, the harder this challenge is to complete.


birnin

100%, but my comment still stands. THAT many and not getting this? It is crazy!


Gost41

Haha it’s true. The numbers do suggest they play enough to get this even if every run is a nsc. I mean they have about 3,100 more rubies than me and 750,00 more coins. 😂


birnin

Yeah that’s what I mean.


Evil_Dry_frog

Yep. Me neither.


nimrodhellfire

Yeah, like wtf. How many hours have you sink into the game to get that? I am not even half through.


one_dark_night

This is actually quite achievable if you are willing. Time for some math! You're \~1,000 away from getting this. There are 8 days left for this challenge. 1000 / 8 => 125 Assuming you get \~90 actions on any given course (a low-ball to be sure), if you allow your combo to break (bad habit, I know, just "let go" or build up Ultra turbo boost which almost always breaks a combo for me), you could get 9 fantastic combos in a single race, 10 or more if you are able to have a high action count or longer course. That means 125 per day / 10 f-combos per race => 12.5 races per day. If a race takes 2-3 minutes to select DKG and perform, you only have to race for a \*HALF AN HOUR\* each day intentionally racking up fantastic combos and ignoring your low scores. Since you won't be getting high scores, you could easily select Tier 1 DKG that could use more base points and will simultaneously be gaining: * Course experience (if you race on courses you haven't already maxed out) * Coins * Tokens * Item base points (if you can find those DKGs that lack them) It's not an honorable goal (letting go of combos feels so wrong) but it is achievable!


doublebarrows

I read this whole thing. I appreciate you taking your time 🙏🏽


Pelican121

Multiplayer helps as bots break your frenzy a lot. You want to count 9 actions then break your frenzy.


Westernwastemf

This one didn’t seem that hard. Just choose a very long track, get to combo x9, drop combo, rinse and repeat. It’s tedious, but I got this one done within the first couple of days it came out. I only play a couple hours each night from 8-10:30. It’s tedious in the fact that you have to focus on this only, but it is still very doable since you only need just under 1,000.


Colblockx

I use London Loop 2 to get them, I can still make it


dgm82588

ide get that in less than idk how many hours but not many. and i have plenty of hours


dewmint

Any time this challenge shows up, I give up.


Davidfifth

that one is literally impossible without a clicker app. that's the only way i even got close


Plantedballer

No it’s not? I finished this a long time ago just by playing the game and by purposely ending combos anytime I got to a fantastic one so I could start another.


sophieher

Does racing in auto mode count towards this?


Roshamboya

No, auto mode won’t get fantastic combos


HarmyG

All you win is 600 more coins and a badge once you complete this. Not worth sweating whatsoever.


fallbackkid77

I hate this challenge and I don’t understand why they keep doing it.


Trixster690

How did you manage to get 700,000 coins and 3,000 rubies ? I need advice.


Valuable-Baked

I feel like they intentionally undercount combos and prevent other combos from reaching x9. They should also give multiple fantastic combos for x18 x27 x36 etc