before you read this... know that i am not ranting... but i read this post randomly and due to responces... felt it necessary to speak on this topic. i MOSTLY do enjoy this game... and ive already gotten 10+ people to try it... however.
pyro is alot more right than you think.
the creative things he might be insinuating(spelling) are more gameplay modes, that possibly give different rewards. right now, there is 3 gameplay modes basically that i can break into catagory. face ai0-3(i lump them together because of the sheer easy'ness about them), pvp, and t50/ai5/fg. a new player after 1-3 hours can be going at ai3 and probably the next day, top50.. case in point. me.
after 1-2 days, HALF of the games game modes are rendered useless... USELESS. and once you get to the point of FG/ai5.... you basically have those two, and pvp. not much of a choice ..... now is it? all which give the same rewards until you get to FG's.... which you then have to beat fg's, to get even a shot at a 10-15% card win.... and we all know how long it takes to get to a win percentage of even 20-30% with a unupped deck... and even a upped deck.
there is only one point i can think of for this casino/obsession/addiction thing you fools are argue'n about.. your game is very addicting.... but then it gets to the point where there is no reward or point to play. after you get to a certain point, it becomes almost annoying to continue to play... arent many games i know of that after one week of playing it, its only truely acceptable to be playing a SINGLE game mode(FG). i can simply not think of another game that forces its player to do basically one thing, all the time....
wont lie... he is right about the pvp aspect, that it is skewed. there is absolutly no point to click pvp once you start getting a good deck or a score over a couple thousand..... the games take incredible amounts of time to play(ive have pvp matches take well over 10 minutes due to your 1 minute countdown after every turn), for a very crappy reward of unupped cards, and minimal coins, even if your playing a highly skilled/ranked/all upped deck player... and even worse, probably about 15-20% of pvp matches you end up playing the cpu when they quit. with very minimal score increases on wins.... even less of a reason. the only time it is good to pvp, is the once a week tourny that can give you cards you cannot obtain in the game...(sounds weird even saying that, obtain cards, you cant obtain in game....wtf? lol.), that only the elite ever win.
you might ask, well... wat new rewards can we have? this question isnt easily awnsered because of the number of cards in this game. and honestly, 90% of the time you actually win a card, it is useless to your deck, or any deck that you might want to build... which if you want to build other decks, you better have 6 hours a day to grind fg.... or its not going to happen. without a large pile of cards, ai decks, and player decks are all going to be the same, so players might not see a point to grind hours and hours, to make the same FG deck that every player uses. (see SG, puppychow, etc, which are basically all the same decks, minus and plus 1-5 cards for playstyle of the player) an arguement here is, how is it balanced/enjoyable, if the whole point of the game is to grind these hours and hours to make the same deck as everyone else? people play games like this, and magic, and yugioh, because they want a deck no one else has, or at least base it around a couple cards they really like. with only 100 cards ingame.... it is IMPOSSIBLE to do this.
and the negativity from the top people on this forum/game isnt going to help(if you need a example of this.. go look at the make a new FG voting thread. and ill rest my case there)..... instead of telling people... well. you can just leave. dont play this game anymore, THE MOMENT someone is critical about your game. your in a unique situation where you have a player base(even if its not huge) that is actually WILLING to tell you the problems with your game directly(as zanz is in chat probably 2 times a day), and without bias, and with ways to improve it. there are countless threads of bugs, card ideas, ideas to fix current issues, and even ideas to add new ones. there are even threads with cards with full art and description. and for the most part, they are constantly RIPPED APART by anyone who is popular, or has any type of say in this game. (ie: the 12 masters, and maybe the next 20 people who could take their place) if players constantly are getting ripped when they come up with ideas to improve a free game, with a small market, and a small player base..... they will just leave ... literally. you should listen instead of exile. ya dont have to implement everything everyone says, but to take it into account would be wise. you can tell them why it wont work, or cant work. or if you simply CANT code it.. but to completely destroy them is not the best option. your trying to get people to play, and donate... not make them leave. marketing 101 for you there.
this game is without question. a insane grind.. probably the biggest grind ive ever seen exception to world of warcraft, everquest, and maybe some other mmo's that ive played... BUT THERE IS ONE THING... this isnt a MMO, its a friggin CARD game. to even have a CARD game in the same sentance of GRIND with games like WOW is friggin rediculous.. and it pushes ALL of the casual people away... if not all who just might want to make a deck, and pvp with it for fun when they have time.
that is all. and that is my thoughts on this nice little topic. going to go back to lose'n 7 out of 10 to FG's with a completely upped deck.
