Greetings,
I just wanted to share something I thought of a personal alternative way to play elements. I've created a second account and my goal is to see how high of a score I can get without a loss. If I get 1 loss I reset the account or create a new one and start over. I know this sounds mental, but I think it creates a certain interesting element trying to be flawless. Granted I'm not spending a lot of time on this right now, but I tinker at it a little at a time.
I had the idea when I combined two different thoughts:
1. What am I going to do besides PvP when I get 6 regular and 6 upped versions of all the regular and rare cards? (Granted I'm a long way off I still had to give it some thought) (excluding the cards that can only be obtained through oracle and tournaments)
2. It would be interesting if there was a hardcore mode/ perm death (like in diablo 2/diablo 3/path of exile) in a CCG, it would certainly spice things up a bit. Now I realize this is really niche and the vast majority of people won't dig something like this cos' its pretty grindy and tedious and back breaking to suffer that inevitable loss, but the rush I imagine I will have when I sneak by my first bronze arena match to live for another day will make it all worth while....that's right, with this mentality of play even bronze arena is a thrill, lol.
I'm not advocating this for everyone, or even for most, but I bet there are one or two of you out there who will enjoy giving this a try, and enjoy the challenge of seeing how far you can get playing undefeated.
:-)