"Run" Mechanic in Ranked

Morshak

I was wondering what the thoughts were on a "run" system? I was thinking something along the lines of every 50 games you could receive a "run token" where you're able to escape the current ranked match without receiving a penalty.

For me, I work a lot so I don't get much time to play, I had a couple of days off work by chance on the release of ranked so I was able to hit masters a couple of days ago. My issue now though is that I'm back working and if I have a bad streak I'm gonna go back down to Ultra 4 and not have time to recover and get back to master before the season end, so it's stopped me from playing but I'd love to play during my work breaks and stuff.

I just thought being able to save a few "run tokens" as I rank couple help me further into master rank so that I have more of a chance to not drop down would allow me to play more.

I don't think it should be an option where you can do it consistently and I think every 50 games is enough to help but not enough to have a significant impact on the climbing structure.

This is my first card game and I'm a bit unsure if this would be hated on or if it's something that occurs with other card games but I just want to play the ranked at the moment I feel like I can't.

I know I should probably just go for it but as I mentioned before, it's a little intimidating spending days going through the ranks to hit masters and then dropping down again without another significant amount of time to do it again as Ultra 4 alone took a long time.

I think it being "run" fits in line with the mainline Pokémon games and I was just curious if people thought it was a bad or good idea?

Eremas

people wouldn't be happy with it being 50. You get what you want but others are going to run with it and ask for more. That and Pokemon Unite has a similar feature with rank protection cards and I personally don't like what it does to the ranked system. So I'm against this change.

Eremas

ultra 4 is a really good rank. You shouldn't feel disparaged. TCG Pocket's ranked system will get easier as time goes on if you play long enough. It's just this first season when it's new that is intimidating.

TheJeffers

If the benefit of winning a ranked match is gaining rank, the punishment for losing should always be the risk of losing rank.