Right now the rewards for Minigolf and Ballrace seem a little bit… unbalanced. I guess they will be changed at some point anyway but I want to share my idea. (Sorry if this was already suggested)
First, the bonuses of being 1st, 2nd or 3rd in Ballrace are too static. You get the same payout if you are playing with 3 or with 8 and this doesn’t seem right. My suggestion (Units may be adjusted):
p = player count
1st Place: 40 Units * (p-1) | Requires at least 2 players
2nd Place: 25 Units * (p-2) | Requires at least 3 players
3rd Place: 10 Units * (p-3) | Requires at least 4 players
This would mean with 5 players you would roughly have the old payouts. (160, 100, 40).
Secondly, each level/course has the same payout and it doesn’t factor the difficulty or length of the level/course. My suggestion would be to add a small difficulty bonus for completing harder/longer levels/courses. For example:
Easy/Short: No bonus
Normal: 20 Units
Hard/Long: 40 Units
Both changes together should encourage players to play with more than 3 players and to play the harder/longer maps more often.
Especially when you want to “farm” some Units you would have a bit more options and you wouldn’t feel too bad for not playing Nimbus (with 3 players) or Garden.
Your thoughts?