Trading Feature Update - Discussion Thread
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I just missed the Chansey Choice Event because it was NOWHERE saying that it ends soon. I ecpected tomorrow because of the season ending on that date... 😠😠😠
I got every promo card so far, only missing the Pachirisu now 😭😭😭
So PLEASE make these "minor" non exklusive (like Shiny Mewtwo etc.) promo cards tradable 🙏🙏🙏
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How is multi-account trading an unfair advantage?
Since same rarity restriction do exists, there is no difference in trading with yourself versus a friend/random on the internet, the outcome is the same, you get the card you want.
The resources on your "main" account are limited, and even if you have 20 alt accounts, you are still limited by resources, and if resources are removed as your suggestion, this changes nothing, it is even easier to find somebody to trade with.
There are plenty of places where you can find all the trade you want and it's even faster than trying to get them with another account, so why even bother with a non-issue?
TBH the only issue i could see in trading was unfair trades (a 4 diamond for a 1 diamond) or IRL money trades but the same rarity restriction takes already care of those issues.
Same rarity and old packs restrictions are already enough to make all the trades fair, even for rarer cards than 1 Star.0 -
The real problem is: how can you trade something you don’t even have? :)
Right now, it’s basically impossible to find cards with two-star rarity (or higher). Ever since shiny cards were introduced, completing a set has become nearly impossible. Before, you could get almost all the cards in a set (around 96% completion), but now you’re lucky to even hit 80%. This really kills the motivation to play (and pay) because the whole point of the game is opening packs and completing expansions.
That’s why guaranteed pulls would be so useful (and honestly, necessary). For example:
- Every 50 packs opened → guaranteed pack with 4-diamond or higher
- Every 100 packs → guaranteed pack with 1-star or higher
- Every 200 packs → guaranteed pack with 2-stars or higher
- Every 500 packs → guaranteed pack with 3-stars or higher
- Every 1,000 packs → guaranteed pack with a crown card
- Every 2,000 packs → guaranteed rare pack
This would fix the unfairness caused by RNG (I know people who opened less than 700–800 packs and already found 3 rare packs, and others who opened 1,500+ without getting a single one). And it would also let players open the “special pack” for the expansion they actually want (it will be like a gift).
Another thing to look at is the coins you get from opening packs. Honestly, I don’t think anyone has ever reached 2,500 coins to unlock the Gold card—it’s insane to expect players to open 500 packs of a single expansion. It would be really helpful to adjust the card values and, more importantly, unify that coin system. That way, opening new packs would help you save up resources to buy “older” cards from sets you no longer open (because at 96% completion, opening those packs just gives you duplicates anyway). So opening the last expansion I get new cards and in the meantime I gain coins to buy old missing cards.
Lastly, adding a proper exchange currency would be great (or modify the dust). In every other collectible card game, trading in duplicates gives you a currency to buy others cards—not just useless cosmetic effects. Please let us use dust to buy cards, not only effects.
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Thanks for everything. Some observations—
-exchange extra cards for shine dust now?
-why no flair for full-art trainers?
-for trainers truly hoping to catch them all, some hope for earlier promo card acquisition would be amazing!
-can't see promo flair when viewing card in pokedex, only when selecting in deck.
-would be great to be able to see a flair icon and language icon on cards in the main pokedex—this way trainers more easily know whether they need to click the card to add flair.
-while the public WishList is great, a private ability to assemble a larger list, customized to cards by language would be great too
-related to above—an easier way to separate / organize Pokedex by language for trainers completing decks in multiple languages.
Love you! Thanks ^•^ Can't wait to try rhese new features and see what's in store next!!
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