Matchmaking
As a brand new TCG online/live player I’m struggling to find motivation to keep playing. This is due to the fact that I keep getting matched with opponents that clearly have upgraded their decks and I am completely out ranked .This is the case for Casual and Ranked. Having the standard decks is great and does help (somewhat) but there is something clearly wrong with matchmaking. Surely there has to be some “normal” league group where beginners match off with standard decks supplied or something. If I recall, with TCG Online you could square off with the CPU in a bunch of battles to earn boosters etc.
Thanks
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This is a beta so there aren't too many people playing, most of them are still on PTCGO.
People treat casual as a way to test their decks without losing ranked points so they play the same decks there.
It's true that PTCGL seems to be much worse for more casual player especially since Theme decks are gone. I hope we get other modes like a no-rulebox mode for example or another mode that would even the playing field somewhat.
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My main issue right now is not really the opponent I'm match against (the pre-built deck are actually really OP and, with some modifications, can even beat the infamous Fusion Strike deck ), but the time before finding a match. I had no problem for the first two weeks, but since this week, it can take up to 30 minutes to find a single opponent... It's the same in Casual and in Ranked. And I'm not even exaggerating...
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You can always try out your deck against NPC by clicking on Test in the Deck Menu to test out a deck.
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I think what's really happening here is your rank affects your "luck" in-game. You get to a point where either your hand is bad, your deck order is bad, your important cards are all in the prize area or your opponent having a "perfect" hand, the just right cards or every combination of these just like when you started the game you could win almost every match but in reverse. You can keep losing matches due to that glass ceiling and when you get lower in rank you start to win matches again. All of this regardless of your deck or your skill (good or bad).
Clearly there's going to be monetization in the future and it's a common "feature" on free to play games such as this that the paying players gets more lucky than the free players even if it's not explicitly "pay to win" or, at the beginning, you're somehow more powerful in order to hook you into the game.
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