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Lame Game

I want to like this game an keep playing trying to have some good matches an have fun. But its so lame. Cosntant mulligans an being dealt the same useless cards to start with. Quitting out of matches over an over again. Might get 1 good match up out of 20. Dumb. Most players wont even continue if they dont start the match off without the best hand an able to attack right away. 20 attempts! Just to get a match that goes a few rounds.

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  • pokemasterdon
    pokemasterdon Member Posts: 67
    10 Comments 5 Likes First Answer 5 Agrees

    The games not lame. The developers are. This game has the potential to outshine every other TCG as TCG Pocket proving the theory correct. These developers don't care, that's the problem.

  • Perfect_Jab
    Perfect_Jab Member Posts: 112 ✭✭✭
    25 Agrees 10 Comments First Anniversary 5 LOLs

    @pokemasterdon i agree, it has all the potential. An use to be great an fun. NOW! Its lame an been ruined. I hate the direction it went. An i still try an do some matches, only to be annoyed an log off. I just keep coming on here to vent an complain. See who agrees with me or has same issues. Nothing will change or fixed.

  • AliceEveryDay
    AliceEveryDay Member Posts: 7
    Second Anniversary First Comment

    This game is hard… not lame. The Pokémon TCG is harder than chess because of the matchups, deck variances and randomization.
    Even the best players get bad draws and hands. Most players in the game play the same decks, even tournament winners have the exact same deck list(mirror match) as opponents, and winning comes down to making a discission or pulling the card they need. I have won 17 games in a row (that is my record) and I've lost 5 games in a row… so I think what can I do to make my deck better?

    The game is not always going to go your way and knowing this makes you a better player and deck builder.

  • AliceEveryDay
    AliceEveryDay Member Posts: 7
    Second Anniversary First Comment
  • Baulder
    Baulder Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    10 Comments 5 Likes First Answer First Anniversary
    edited April 23 #6

    Might as well use this oportunity to rant once again about how terribly bad is the matchmaking designed.

    Had daily quest to win 1 match in Trainer Trials, and decided to go with deck build around 151 Venusaur ex, thought it might be fun to play.

    That didn't go well.

    I could have replaced the daily quest for another one, or I could have picked different deck closer to meta, but I decided to go stupid stubborn about this, sticking with both daily quest and Venusaur ex deck to see how long it will take, and it took me almost four hours loosing one battle after another, always playing against opponents with deck that would effectively prevent me to evolve my Ivysaur.

    For my stubborn approach to this, I got loosing streak of about 20 continuous lost battles against top competitive decks, and would probably spend another several hours late into night, trying to achieve seemingly impossible, to win one single match in Trainer Trials with my Venusaur ex deck, if it weren't for the inactive player who took way too long to respond, and end this fight against windmills, by letting me win the match without anyone playing single card.

    That's how well is the matchmaking scripted. You either loose against better performing deck, or get your loosing streak interrupted by free win from inactive player. It's not designed to find equal opponent for fair competition.

  • Perfect_Jab
    Perfect_Jab Member Posts: 112 ✭✭✭
    25 Agrees 10 Comments First Anniversary 5 LOLs

    @AliceEveryDay i dont find the game itself to be hard. I play multiple decks, an try different builds. You always have that one deck that you are best with an use when you want to compete an win. This online version is lame. Rng is BS, i have complained since i started. Its not random. Random isnt playing an 95% of the matches being dealt certian cards to start with. I get so disgusted by it that it makes me not play.