Trading Feature Update - Discussion Thread

Unrestricted trading should be possible with "high level" friends. Much like I can trade legendary Pokemon in the main-series games; or any "real" TCG card with my friends.

I feel like, # of WonderPicks, # of Battles, # of trades, and length of time being friends should all contribute to increasing a "friendship score".

I believe Pokemon Go does has a similar system?

• Why does it have to take so long? This is a make or break feature that you are already taking a second try at. You are quick to release new packs though since they earn you more money.
• I have not done any trades costing trade tokens because it is not worth it and I thought that it will get better soon. 
• Without any more concrete information it is very hard for players to decide what to do from now until you release the changes. We just have to believe it will be “better”?
• Will we get Shine dust for the duplicates we already have then? Will we be able to trade duplicates for shine dust if we want to?
• Where are the QOL updates like more deck slots? We need them like right now.

This is a positive improvement to the trading system that I wish was being implemented sooner.

The restricting of 2 Star and above cards is still disappointing, though. I can understand that these cards specifically are the ones that users are likely to spend the most money chasing, but it overall still makes the app feel greedier than it needs to be.

The cards I chase the hardest are the immersive cards, because they are the most unique selling point of the TCG Pocket app. I have been lucky enough to only be missing 1 immersive card, Celebi EX, through the 3 packs I open a day as a subscriber as well as paying extra for the PokeGold to open more packs when I've felt the desire (impatience) to.

Even feeling this lucky, though, has left me feeling frustrated at the app more times than I can count. I recently collected all the diamond rarity cards for Triumphant Light, and felt the same frustrations getting just the needed cards for that: getting no new cards after opening all three packs a day, day after day after day, spending all my wonder pick hour glasses just to miss on the last couple of cards I didn't have, and spending money to open 10 packs and not get the missing cards from that as well. That last point in particular just makes me feel like i'm wasting money on this app.

It would be great to see further updates that don't make me feel like i'm wasting my time and money chasing cards on the Pocket App. I've replied to twitter posts before that I'd love to see the Pack Points be pooled into one instead of separated by each set so that way, I could steadily build points up over time to get missing cards from past sets.

I wouldn't even mind a higher subscription tier. For this example, let's say $5 more than the current subscription tier, that gave me a second Delibird pack to open a day, the ability to pick 2 cards from a wonder pick, and increased rates to get missing cards from past sets. It would be great to not feel like the time between getting most of the cards in a set, and waiting for a new expansion set wasn't just a boring grind of getting the same cards so frequently.

Trading has absolutely helped ease the issues I've had with getting missing cards, and i'm glad to see improvements to that mechanic coming in the future. But I hope more improvements can keep coming before more users like me get too bored of the grind and abandon the app like so many similar ones before it.

Thank you for listening to the community and making changes in a positive direction. We would like to know more details when they are available.