Posts from Shadowverse

And I, when I see something like this, am once again glad that I quit. It's not that it's bad in itself, but how bad must the overall situation be that playing with pre-built decks in competitive mode is already an option?

I'll just leave this here. I've been waiting for this mode for two years.

Have you had a chance to play with all these decks in their prime? I'm interested in P2P Forest, Ramp Dragon, Midrange, and Neutral Blood – I haven't played in Standard, I basically missed the entire TCG and the first half of the VOD. There's a chance to catch up! I've already played with the other decks in their classic form.

It's not that it's bad in itself, but how bad does everything have to be overall for playing pre-built decks in competitive mode to be an option?

I think it's just to please those who didn't experience those wonderful times. And veterans can also reminisce.

I want to try a P2P Sylvan map, both Dragon factions, maybe a neutral Haven. And, of course, my favorite cockroach faction. Neutral Blood is easy 5-0, unless you get matched against another Blood player, but it's boring. Also, yes, this is just for fun, to laugh and reminisce. Again, it's about variety; the regular Grand Prix maps are getting stale. And how can you play without pre-built decks if most players don't even have these maps? I don't know why everyone is complaining.

> Neutral blood
> 21 out of 40 cards were nerfed
Clear, understood, ok, got it.

Actually, it's pretty cool. Stole the idea from HS boo hoo hoo I just don't get why there's a Goblin Mage in Daria. I don't remember him being playable there. And overall the deck is a bit strange — Rite of Exorcism, Ice Golem — I only remember those cards in Dishift.

Did you happen to play all these decks during their prime?

PTP-forest, PDK-dragon, DFB-blood, neutral-blood and neutral-haven — I've never played them at all, not even during their prime. I tried playing Ramp-dragon back then, but my deck was far from ideal. I think I managed to blast with the others.

They stole the decks from some champions, right? I was also surprised about Dashka.

And yes, I predict a 50% win rate for all participants. Because of the neutral blood, you know.
Although it would be very funny if she loses to a puppet portal or a disheft...

Have you had the chance to play with all of these decks during their prime?

Pretty much, in one form or another, except for PDK and PTP.

It would be cool to have such a mode as some kind of brawl, where, for example, one player has 40 health, and the other has Nicola from the campaign on the board. Perhaps such a fan-made mod is one of the things that Heroes of Might and Magic is missing.

It's not that it's bad in itself, but how bad does everything have to be overall for playing with pre-built decks in competitive mode to be an option?

I looked into this topic, and it occurred to me. Grand Prix is actually not a competitive mode at all. At least, it doesn't feel like one anymore. It's... an analog of a brawl in Hearthstone. And most likely, it will continue to move in this direction.

Look, a couple of years ago, Hearthstone tried to create a "heroic brawl" once a season. Essentially, it's the same as Grand Prix, but with the pretense of being highly competitive: you invest 1000 gold for one attempt, and if you play well, you win back that amount many times over; if you lose, you end up with a huge loss. The mode didn't appeal to players, and it was replaced by "Brawls" – the same thing, but you invest 150 gold, and the rewards are like those for an Arena run. And recently, they started making fun modes in a similar format – for example, all creatures become 1/1 for 1 mana. Hmm, Grand Prix, we recognize you.

Now, let's look at Gwent. It seems that there are no brawls or Grand Prix there. But there are "seasonal matches" – also a mode for having fun with cards, where there is no balance – everyone plays as Skellige, and other factions are much weaker here. And the main goal – pay attention – is to farm an avatar and a card back. Doesn't that remind you of anything? (However, in Gwent, the card back feels much more valuable – it's currently the only custom card back in the game.)

Now, if you perceive Grand Prix not as a competition, but as a "fun mode for playing cards," then it doesn't seem like such a problem that they appear so often. Let them have it every week, but then make it easier to get cosmetics, and leave shards and legendaries as a reward for the hardcore players. And I won't be surprised if we ever play Grand Prix with Nicola and Ma'ish with 40 health.

This grand prix reminded me of how upset I was with the developers for nerfing the Dragon class. It was the first time they messed up a class I played, and it was a warning sign of the game's future state. Zell under Uru gave the deck at least some tools to finish games, but after his nerf, the deck turned into a depressing grindfest for a year, with twelve board clears and waiting for the opponent to run out of ways to remove the next big stat stick from the board. But I was even more surprised by the Lightblast nerf. It wasn't used anywhere except in the mid-range matchup, and even there, it didn't help much. The nerf completely destroyed it.
Who would have thought that in the future, screwing over main players every three (or one and a half) months would become a new discipline.

Reven, as I understand it, even this won't make you come back to Heroes of Might and Magic?

Nope. I like it, of course, but getting the right leader won't solve the fundamental problems of the game. Even if I manage to get lucky and acquire it, what will I do then – just look at it? The game will still be garbage in my eyes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Well... I only play GBF to look at Azazel.

By the way, it’s easier to get a character in the Guild Battle Frontier than a gacha leader in Sword & Shield.

...that awkward feeling when you get all the gacha leaders you wanted in the summoning event, and a few extra ones on top of that.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It seems like this is happening for the first time. In the B-group, but still, it’s nice.
I took the PDK, and my opponents were a mirror match, a Dishift, and a Rampart that was playing very aggressively.
As a legendary unit, I got a third Oracle. Heh, well, okay.