Very good post that tackle many of the problem the game has and I agree with the most.
I used to play in top of the Champions, but it's sooo boring that I'm doing just daily quests and that's it (I prefer to play on my lover accounts). Playing against bots and the same teams over and over again it's not for me. I was really looking forward for the Untamed to change things, and it did - for a short moment when playing was fun. Then they nerfed redemption together with the Prince (I don't have one) in worst possible way, so basically they removed it from the game as it has no use anymore. And today we are back to Excel play, where for some rulesets and mana almost everybody plays same color/team.
I also was wondering how new players would ever get on top if they like to? Is it possible with only Untamed cards? I doubt that, so they have to buy Betas anyway? How many betas will be ever on the market? If we want to grow playerbase, new players will never be able to get on top as there won't be enough of betas, and Untamed alone are useless.
I know they saying a lot about new features and plans, but IMO they should step back and fix what is broken in the first place. For example: if for the next year or more (1,107,858 Packs Remaining) the only new cards are Untamed that they need to be fixed somehow and rebalanced.
The mentioned above things are not my problem, as I have full decs - this is problem for the new players that would like to be competitive on higher levels and even if they start buying betas (and rise the prices of them - which seems to be a only goal for most of the hoarders/owners here) - how many full betas would it be possible to buy? Are we limited to just a few new players in the Champion 1 because the lack of useful cards?
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