Servers were booming all weekend and today US west is very quiet
With the double exp the time:credit/exp ratio actually felt rewarding
Without it I’ll go back to just doing daily contracts and then stopping
More contracts please or something else to reward play
They have mentioned multiple times on their stream that they are working towards a better and faster way to earn credits. Hopefully it comes soon.
It’s true, they know that the grind is painful. I hope they resolve it soon. If it weren’t for the awesome community and gameplay and free merc rotation, I wouldn’t be playing as much. Part of the joy for me is getting to unlock new mercs and therefore new abilities/weapons to play with. That doesn’t happen very often unfortunately with the way things are.
Look at it from my point of view - if you spent 2-3 hours of spare time after almost every hard day of work for 2 weeks straight grinding credits for Fragger, and you went from a MERE 26,000 credits to 50,000 credits to buy that merc…(before double credit event)
… you can imagine how mind-numbing it would be for me to grind from zero to 50,000 for the next merc. The process of gaining credits isn’t even fun at that point. It’s just more work. This is one of the most off-putting things about this game right now, to sooo many new players I’ve known who picked up this game, wrinkled their nose at the business model and decided to leave. Plus I’m not in a financial position to drop $10 on a new merc every time one comes out.
Those double XP/credit events need to happen more often for certain, and not just on weekends where I’m super busy 
It’s great that the first ever double xp/creds event was extended one day due to the increasing popularity of DirtyCups though!
I think the problem is more that SD isn’t able to gain a whole lot of money at all. As it stands right now: I’d spend like 10€ in this game as soon as they release Red Eye. But after that? Right now I can’t think of any other merc that I’m so hyped for that I have to unlock instantly. And that is the only reason why one would ever put some money in this game: Impatience.
Why should I spend that much money in a character that I don’t even need that badly. I’d rather play the next days-weeks with the mercs I like and know how to play and get the others anyway eventually.
What wee need is:
You know. Little, creap, cosmetic stuff that I’m willing to spend 0,50€ here and 1,75€ there and than 0,75€ here again and - “OH look, that cute fortune cat weapon tag is only 0,99€! Sure I’ll take it!”
“Thank you. Come again.”
'Oh I will. Trust me, I will."