Kart Talk - Episode 30 (Season 2, Episode 4) - September 3rd, 2022

Welcome everyone to Season 2, Episode 4 of Kart Talk! We hope you enjoy this awesome episode! Join Studfit, his members, and friends from around the community to discuss the hottest topics in Mario Kart Tour. 

This episode's guests include:
Frenzy Grind - Super Stud Member
Draco655 - Stud Member
Clownington - Not A Dud Member
PepperRabbit - Friend of the StudFAM
Cathangel - Friend of the StudFAM

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**TIMESTAMPS:**
0:00 - Welcome & Introductions

**ICEBREAKER:**
11:16 - With pipes potentially going away forever, what was your favorite pipe pulling experience of all time?

**SHOP / NO MORE PIPES:**
23:24 - Is removing the gacha a sign the game is on its last leg? Or are they trying to better their game in a last ditch effort to draw in new players? Or is it neither, simply an update part of Mario Kart Tour’s progression? What is going on?

41:14 - I’m having a very tough time figuring out where the game goes from here. Removing the gambling element from the game is huge for me. What actually separates this game from all the other racing games out there? Where’s the draw? They should’ve just made a different game and left tour alone.

52:13 - Not really a question, but I feel like a HE driver may be sold for around 75 rubies. When you spend 75 rubies thru coin rush, you get approx 12k coins, exactly the price of a HE driver ticket. Karts and Gliders then can you for 60 rubies. A full set comes out at 195 rubies. HEs from the regular pool should be slightly cheaper, say 60 and 50 respectively. Then you get 6 HEs for 355 which is less than 450, but this should in fact be the case as sometimes you get all HE before you empty the pipe Of course they can throw all kinds of exotic options in the mix, like get a discount for a dkg bundle, pair a new HE with an old regular pool HE, get a discount on first purchase, discount for GP players etc.

**BATTLE MODE:**
1:01:52 - With the upcoming MP update, is the battle mode hype still up? In MK8, the original battle mode was not played on battle courses, but rather on the default tracks. Is that a possibilty to solve the no-breaking issue? How else would they solve this issue? Or will they just add more ranks to MP, possibly with more rewards? Suits are thrown out every tour, maybe one for reaching highest rank?

**MARIO VS LUIGI TOUR:**
Of all new 2022 retro tracks is the one you are looking forward the least? Will N and R be hard to nonstop combo on the straight?

**DRIVERS / MIIS:**
1:09:57 - A part of me is wondering with all the Mii’s and plus skill characters if the thought process in the community needs to shift from the meta and focus more on overlap. There’s too much for 95% of players to invest into. Heck I’ve got Gold Egg Yoshi and silver Mii suit at L1, several other plus skill drivers at L4-5 I want to level up, plus now a new coinboxer! It’s too much.

1:17:15 - I love the Rundown, love the rankings. But what does it matter to me if someone shoots up into the Top 10 if at L7 double capped they’d only give me 4 new tracks. I know this is the function of the trackers, but I’m curious if anyone else feels that with the abundance of plus skills, including the Mii’s, relative to the quantity of HE tickets, if we need to start focusing much more on overlap and types of overlap

1:35:36 - How much does coverage matter anymore? At what point do you just invest in the new items you like and throw caution to the wind?

1:42:43 - Which Coinboxer should I level up?

1:50:05 - Are there any non top 15 items that have helped you tremendously this year?

**FINAL THOUGHTS:**
2:02:05 - What advice would you give to new players? Thanks for