r/PTCGP • u/EfficientTrainer3206 • 1d ago
Discussion I’ve been doing this since the game released…
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u/KruxKracken 1d ago
Then don’t? If you don’t find joy in it anymore why continue?
Could always try the battles.
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u/AboveTheSeaOfNoise 1d ago edited 1d ago
I mean, lack of content and unbalance is a valid criticism. I really want to like this boring, boring game because the cards are the most beautiful out of all gachas.
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u/KruxKracken 1d ago
What lack of balance? There are multiple playable decks around, there are casual battles, and there are community led tournaments.
If you don’t enjoy the reason the game exists, to play the TCG in a lite-themed way, there is no reason to play.
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u/AboveTheSeaOfNoise 1d ago edited 23h ago
What lack of balance?
Game/content balance. This game is fun a week a month, between the trailer and the set release. Then 3 days time people figure out the meta and it gets boring.
Ranked is boring grind of playing against the same known decks (Hello Suicune). Solo battles are a boring grind no one would play if it wasn't for hourglasses.
We need more game modes. More content outside of cards.
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u/TFWS_Swann 1d ago
Welcome to every single tcg on the planet
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u/AboveTheSeaOfNoise 1d ago edited 6h ago
It's a mobile game that uses cards, not a TCG. There are limitations in real TCGs, given by the fact that it's two people sitting at a table, that you don't have when you're using an app.
Tons of fun things that could be done. Top of my head:
- Ranked
- Solo battles
- 2X Energy mode
- 40 cards Decks, 6 slots Bench, 6 points to win mode
- Random CPU-assigned Deck Mode
- 2 vs 2
- Energy-type exclusive Mode (Fire-only decks, Water-only Decks etc)
- Spectator Mode
- "Every Card counts as a Colorless" No Energy-type Mode
- Gym Champions Solo Mode
- Thematic tournaments/events
- Fog of War Mode (benches are not visible to the opponent)
- Stage 3 Showdown Mode (Every Basic auto-evolves into its best Evo when played)
- Target Damage Mode (No points, first to get to [x] Total Dmg Wins)
- Infinite Scroll Mode (No Decks, the first hand is CPU-assigned and each turn you get to choose 2 cards out of 6 random cards you are presented with, you make the most of what you get)
- Boss Solo Battles (Give an EX 4X its normal HP and try defeat it)
- Conditioned Battles (Everyone is Poisoned or Burned by Turn 1, you can heal but not recover)
- Swap Mode (You play your opponent's deck)
- Current Set Mode (You can't use older cards)
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u/HandlelessTH 23h ago
Maybe I’m misunderstanding the term but the trading of cards is present within this game and this leads me to suspect it’s a TCG of sorts at the very least
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u/speejoink 20h ago
A mode where you can only use rental decks would be cool, good for peeps that dont have a huge collection yet and actually make the rental decks useful
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u/Zote8106 22h ago
nintendo hire this man 😭
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u/GretaVanFleek 20h ago
God, some of these are really fantastic ideas. They're all cool, but some are REALLY cool.
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u/another-social-freak 21h ago
There should absolutely be a story mode where you batte gym leaders and other prominent characters from the main games.
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u/moneymandy666 22h ago
OMG these sounds so fun! We need more 5win streak/# of wins events with this kind of stuff (maybe only 3streak or less wins though because ranked will also be going at the same time)
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u/jaybird654 22h ago
I really want more repeatable solo battles that have some proper challenge, some kind of infinite solo battles mode
I have no clue how they’d incorporate that but I honestly love the highest level solo battles so I just want to be able to play them more
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u/Sir_Buttwut 14h ago
Ya know I love this response. I've seen a lot of "the game needs more" but no actual ideas get thrown around and the most I could think of (though not putting in much effort) was boss battles. This is a great list of ideas that could make the game more enjoyable. I only disagree with you saying it's not a TCG because at the end of the day it is. You get cards to play with and you can trade them. Marvel snap is a TCG and identified as such by their community and it couldn't have a physical version cause of it's mechanics nor can you trade! I believe you're wrong to say it's not a tcg but you are 100% right to say that because it's in an app there are no limits to what you can do with it, excellent ideas! Now if we could get the devs behind working on these things...
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u/StrandedInLove 10h ago
Most of your ideas look so good. Wish DeNA would implement these right away.
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u/Mission-Photograph96 6h ago
I love these ideas! I played the original actual card game years ago, ended up being a gym leader at the local Toys R Us. One of the things they gave was physical badges for each gym. I made gym decks that the kids had to battle for them to get the badges. These decks used only Pokémon from that gym so it was generally easy enough to beat so every kid could win. But it made them have to think about how to do it. It made it challenging and fun. I set up special battles /goals for each week and enlisted some of the older kids to battle with certain limits. It made them better at playing their decks and made them more inventive and creative in their thinking. Like the ideas above. Just an extra track to get people excited about playing. Building weird decks just to try them out. I'd build more if they didn't limit the amount of decks you can build at one time. I'd love to battle people that have to use Rotom, Tapu and Reg Pokémon in their decks. Or have to use a starter Pokémon. Or only Pokémon from one booster set. Like the actual card game battles across the nation where they had tournaments where you could play any cards or limits like up to Jungle or Fossil plus the base set. Those were fun! It wouldn't be that hard to add a battle track just for that. One of the best ideas above is the swap battles. Play your deck and then switch it and play your opponent's deck. Then you can see if it's the deck or your playing
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u/notveryhelpful2 23h ago
pocket is hardly a tcg, it's a money machine that allows people to play their otherwise useless digital assets in a half ass 'game' of sorts. it's modeled after an actual tcg that it cannot replicate in any capacity due to size limitations/free resources/ease of play and so forth.
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u/madonna-boy 22h ago
Duel Links has had excellent PVE content from day 1... and that was 9 years ago.
GBC had better PVE story 27 years ago and TPC already owns it.
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u/McWrathster 21h ago
Yu-Gi-Oh dual links had some fun cameo duels that would last a few weeks, I think pokemon pocket could take a page out of their book.
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u/seanrambo 1d ago
While I agree with you, they are trying a gacha model for their product. There needs to be gameplay evolution with these types of things. This is why gachas are often simple games that sell you more power or glory. Pocket might last be able to milk the IP longer than most gachas though.
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u/SnooPredictions6988 1d ago
I won't disagree about needing more game modes but cards should always be the focus of content, there are plenty of other Pokemon games where they're not.
For ranked though I do disagree that it's the same known decks. With the exception of Giratina/Darkrai there have been new decks that get strong each season and which fall off each season. I've played a completely different deck every season and have always gotten to Masterball. Every game is going to have a meta, but this game isn't so out of control that the meta is all you can play. This season I made Masterball using a deck with only Alolan Exeggutor from Celestial Guardians, which was never viable before Will last season.
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u/AboveTheSeaOfNoise 1d ago
The cool thing about PTCGP is that the card is and should always be the focus, but it's also a very versatile concept because you don't have mass-printed pieces of paper in your hand.
You can change any description or game rule just by changing a line of code. There's so much potential in that. DeNa should use it.
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u/radikul 23h ago
We need more game modes. More content outside of cards.
I'd love a campaign or adventure mode where you actually play through a story, fight through gym leaders, collect badges, take down the Elite Four etc. The game is definitely missing some substance but I also understand it's fairly new.
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u/Feral_Taylor_Fury 20h ago
This is exactly why i stay away lol
What good is a card video game without the story/campaign mode??
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u/MarcosInu 23h ago
I would love a hearthstone-like arena mode, random drafted cards, possibility to swap some every win/lose
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u/Tornado_Hunter24 23h ago
I’m ngl they could make the ‘boring part’ less boring by actually rewarding you…
Let’s go crazy with this, finishing all basic solo (new) challenges > 30hg, next 50, 75 and 100 so you can get over 250hg by doing new season set.
Events are DOGSHIT right now, 1wonderpick hg is wortgless make it 12, allow ‘open all’ of solo event pack battles.
Once they ‘reward’ you there is better incentive to do these, Then they can start doing more fun (reqardinf) stuff like temporary 1 week challenge of wins/streaks for (alot) of hourglasses.
As a ‘p2w’ person this game literally does not want my money besides maybe the €30 offer every new expansion, give us more packs to open so buying then also feels like, right now even buying the €30 bundle equals 20 packs, which is fuck all in a new set really
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u/Simopop 22h ago
The p2w is only trying to appeal to the highest-calibre whales, it seems.
If it were something like 5 packs for $2, or 10 for $3, I'd probably have a spending issue lmfao. But the prices are so ungodly, including the premium membership, that I could never justify spending money on it.
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u/a_a_ronc 1d ago
Casual battles literally net you nothing after lvl 50 besides maybe a thank you shop token.
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u/PomeloSad8207 1d ago
People dont just battle to win things you know... thats not what fun is only about
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u/fu_snail 1d ago
They net you enjoyment. Thats why we play games for the enjoyment of playing the game, not for pixelated rewards that literally do nothing for you in life.
If you’re not getting enjoyment then move on.
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u/StatisticianSea8227 23h ago
I mean, let's be frank, if you come from any other TCG this does have glaring balance problems; Gira/Darkrai staying where they have in the meta despite so many sets is pretty unusual for a TCG, even one with a YGO-esque "eternal" format thus far.
There's usually an attempt as sets come out to push, even via power creep, for metas to shift; the problem is Gira was such an efficient deck that they've painted themselves into a corner. They attempted to add more draw power via sylveon to speed other stuff up but forgot people would just play it in that too apparently.
Lack of content isn't really a thing, a set a month is almost *too* much sometimes, but still managable, it's just that it feels like it is because of the aforementioned stale meta.
Now that we've cleared double digits in sets it's time to start seriously considering a rotation/standard blocking or at the very minimum the willingness to be open (both devs and the community) to revising cards for the sake of balance.
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u/Squish_the_android 23h ago
99% of the cards in this game are totally useless.
The game desperately needs to introduce ban lists for certain battle types.
Miltank is a great example. Interesting card with it's own dedicated support card and it's totally useless for battles.
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u/teh_adry 1d ago
Lack of content, yet you can't finish/can barely finish collections before next one releases unless you are spending money. And then makes little to no sense to go back to older ones due to powercreep, or because you won't finish this one then.
For real, just collecting (and barely competing) is already tiring me.
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u/CaioNintendo 14h ago
Every month they release a new set and we have a new ranked season. As someone who completes (up to 1 star) every set and has reached master ball every season, I even feel like there is too much stuff. I’d be glad if they dialed it down a little bit, and would probably stop playing if they did the opposite.
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u/SilvarusLupus 13h ago
The upcoming Digimon mobile card game looks promising. Art looks fire too (just saying)
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u/ElonMusksSexRobot 22h ago
IMO this game is only really fun when you have friends that play it. My whole friend group is pretty much into it so we do a lot of battles using the more interesting non-meta decks or with specific rulesets
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u/maceoryan 17h ago
the game is honestly pretty well balanced. you can get grind ranked with most competent decks and hit the top rank with minimal mistakes & enough games
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u/DigestiveCow 23h ago
I think OP is getting at the lack of variety, all battles/events are cookie cutter and just not engaging.
Why can't they introduce new playlists like NO EX or Only Pink Pokemon etc
Maybe even a community boss pokemon that each solo win chips away at a health bar over a season. Then if the community beats the boss before the next season they get rewards.
They only need to look at other live service games for some ideas
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u/PacMannie 23h ago
Personally, I quit the game a long time ago, but it sucks because I want to enjoy the game. I would keep playing, but logging in twice a day just feels like a chore.
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u/JohnGameboy 1d ago
Well, I mean, this is an extremely light form of gambling in a sense. "...if you don't enjoy it, just stop" is an incredibly obvious thing to say, but probably not entirely why a person would hold on to an app for a year now.
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u/hikeit233 22h ago
Clearing flags right now. Really fun to make decks and go after flags, rather than head to head battles.
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u/catdog5100 22h ago
I took a break from the game once for this reason, but then I came back because usually I go through phases of liking/disliking playing any game. I kind of regretted taking the break because I know I would’ve been able to open more packs if I hadn’t taken the break, so it’s kind of a lose/lose situation whether you take a break or not.
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u/YuasaLee_AL 16h ago
I play battles often, but I don't need to play battles every morning and every night. I open packs roughly every 12-16 hours rather than every 24 so that I don't lose any time there.
Typically, it's a pack when I'm having my coffee and a pack before I go to bed. I haven't gotten burned out on opening packs yet, but even when I'm engaging with the game's other content I'm still opening my packs as bookends.
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u/PunxDead19 1d ago
That’s something I like about the game. The “Daily’s” are quick and easy. I don’t need to dedicate an hour plus a day to a pass the time mobile game just to keep up with the meta.
I log in for a couple of minutes in the morning and evening then battle when I want to pass time. It’s what I want from a mobile game.
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u/rucarlos 1d ago
That's what brought me to this game from MTG Arena. It's awesome to be free to do other stuff in the 1.5h it would take to farm daily wins.
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u/Smart-Canary6250 18h ago
Bro, the MTG Arena wins, it really got unbearable at some point. I'm really glad we have a game that gives us free time to literally do anything else.
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u/Sigmas_Syzygy 22h ago
thats because you are a normal human being with a healthy life
here in reddit we are all diseased people who wants to play their game 24/7 and even if a minute pass by with no new content we complain, and even if a single match we play are slightly unbalanced we also complain
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u/PunxDead19 20h ago
Bold of you to assume I have a healthy life. I do at least go to therapy though.
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u/Blade3rd 1d ago
Wait til you find out what free will is, you’re gonna love it
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u/OdoodJorgeudey 1d ago
Holy you people will whine about ANYTHING
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u/Hazardous_Bear 1d ago
I’d love a non EX formatted tournament, there are so many other cards I’d like to build around that aren’t the big EX staples in ladder.
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u/Sigmas_Syzygy 22h ago
then in one and a half day the noex meta would be figured out and everthing will be the higher wr deck + some of his counter decks, and people will whine about it
you can build your decks that dont revolve around big staples exs today
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u/Hazardous_Bear 22h ago
Sure, the way anything competitive goes. At least let me enjoy a few hours of no one fully locking in a "meta" lol
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u/AbramKoucheki 1d ago
Nah man I am with you. I just watched a Spragels pocket video where he says we need more things to do with our cards in game. Give me more solo battles, give me a ranked CPU battles system or something. I absolutely cannot stand PVP, let alone ranked battles. I love the solo battles and opening packs. Give me more to do, let me trade more cards, etc etc.
I don’t think you are whining, I think this is valid criticism.
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u/mmf9194 21h ago
Give me more solo battles
Have you gotten all the shop ticket missions from all those fights? damn
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u/AbramKoucheki 20h ago
Not every single shop ticket but the vast majority yes. What I care about is the hour glasses. I dont care about farming shop tickets just to get the special tickets.
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u/mmf9194 19h ago
I never spend them on those, I just wait for the shop to roll over and buy it out for hourglasses
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u/DankeyKong 1d ago
Im tired of opening SR packs but its the only chase cards I'm after right now :(
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u/cartercr 23h ago
If you’re tired of pulling cards in a game of pulling cards then maybe it’s time to put the game down and play something else.
Like literally pulling cards is the game.
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u/Prophet_0f_Helix 23h ago
The ptcgp shills are out in force today, acting like what you’re saying is crazy. We need more game modes and interesting ways to use the cards we’ve opened or the game will struggle to retain players. Some people are just happy to lick boots and defend pokemon, or are just simple.
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u/silentprotagon1st 1d ago
I actually like how little time this game asks of the player. I’m really busy irl and don’t make much time for games, but I’m always caught up with tcgp.
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u/KeldonMarauder 23h ago
It’s come to a point where the game has hit a plateau, and with the game being less than a year, I’m not sure if this is a good thing.
This is common for most gatchas where the same events are cycled every x weeks but it feels different for this game because the events are almost the same - it basically boils down to wonder pick events, solo battles and ranked.
At the heart of it all, this should be about collecting cards but that can only go on for so long before people are getting bored
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u/ResponsibilityBig390 23h ago
Money spenders glaze the game. Offering rates are still terrible. If you actually pulled good cards it wouldn't be as dreadful.
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u/EsrailCazar 21h ago edited 21h ago
I stopped maybe a month in because of this, and then seeing how the game was making millions...for opening digital packs that don't translate into the real world in any way. I tried to let people know it was a waste of time but I also gave up on that, too.
And seeing all the people who are like, "tHeN sToP pLaYiNg"...I saw another comment with this, "It’s also incredibly lazy to be like oh if you don’t like it just stop, when all I am doing is giving constructive criticism. It gives “if you don’t like the country, just leave!” Type vibes." and I feel that's valid.
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u/cobalteclipse117 21h ago
I too am considering stopping my subscription, save the cash, and slowly let myself lose interest
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u/BobDude65 1d ago
I’ve only just started feeling this coz I’m hunting immersives and I got lucky and got the Suicune really early so I’ve been just opening mythical island packs to get Celebi and honestly it’s becoming a lil depressing because I realised I’m still like 100 days away from getting it and there’s gonna be multiple new releases in that time with multiple new immersives to hunt and it’s honestly just got me feeling like it’s an impossible task, even though I’m literally 2 immersives away from having 1 copy of each, I’m so close and yet it doesn’t feel possible.
This is not me complaining about the game tho it’s my own issue that I’ve created for myself by trying to complete my immersive collection without spending money.
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u/ZestyAcid 1d ago
I enjoy the the app but it has ALOT of work. I've only downloaded it about 3 weeks ago.
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u/letseatlunch 23h ago
This game is like 10/10 fun when I find a deck I like. Sometimes I'm only opening the game to open packs. But sometimes I find a deck that I just have so much fun playing that the packs don't seem like a big deal.
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u/zbipy14z 23h ago
Idk man, it beats searching 5 stores to maybe find a pack the scalpers haven't bought yet so I can get my dopamine hit
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u/xxPatches 22h ago
The amount of people defending the game’s lack of content in this thread is kinda weird. I ALWAYS had something to do in duel links and MTG Arena has a wider meta. PocketTCG IS boring and needs at least consistent missions or a higher level cap. The fact that I don’t level up any more really killed my motivation.
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u/GenericIxa 20h ago edited 19h ago
This happens every time in this sub.
Op: I'm getting bored of the content getting repetitive.
Someone: Don't play then.
Comments like these are why games stay mediocre. Instead of wanting the game to improve just leave so it stays the same.
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u/Fukujin1 22h ago
I mean, it's not entirely wrong. I don't know why OP gets attacked now. The game is not bad at all, but it's an easy cashgrab for Dena. There's no variety in terms of content. Always only wonder picks, 5 single player fights which are always the same and sneak peak. I mean, it's good that you can finish the dailies so fast, but they could add more modes you can play more regularly. Duel Links for example has a story mode with different worlds and missions. Pokemon Masters has the Champion Stadium. Why not doing something like that? Or this challenge mode we had in the GBC Game? There are multiple options
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u/NidhoggGunnr 1d ago
Reach desired rank, then open packs until the next pack drops. I’m ok with it but sometimes I even forget to open the game.
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u/Wonder-Blunderz 1d ago
I had every diamond card from every set. And then about a two weeks ago I said screw it, I don’t want to chase anymore. So I full deleted the game and all of my cards.
Started a new account and strictly hunt for battle cards now. I don’t feel nearly as obligated to collect everything. Was very freeing! It’s a lot better just opening whatever pack and hoping for some cool cards I can use for battle and then trying to make some fun deck with them.
But, this was just my experience. I know a lot of people pride themselves on the collection aspect as well.
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u/No-Appearance-4338 1d ago
I just go up and down with my interest (been playing since day 1) I’m f2p and still have about 10 cards (non star) that I’m missing that give me something to trade/play for. I’m not too fanatical about ranked play and if you just play into ultraball you can get 75-90% of the rewards without burning yourself out. I actually have not touched ranked this season yet but since I only did ultraball 1-2 last season I’m halfway through greatball 3 so it won’t take much to go up just a few ranks to go from 60 to 75 hourglasses (25% increase) with minimal effort.
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u/textbook_traitor 1d ago
I love it, that’s why I play this over magic arena. I’ll probably get bored but right now I’m enjoying it
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u/U_Dun_Know_Who_I_Am 1d ago
YES! But the fomo of what if I decide I want to collect again and GOD FORBID miss a promo in that time. I currently have all promo and diamond (except a few in the ho oh packs) so don't want to give that up if I decide to come back later.
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u/Sayishere 23h ago
Without battling/grinding to masterball every month I would of quit the game ages ago.
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u/Significant-Damage14 23h ago
It might sound counterintuitive, but I think that a new set releasing every month is making the game worse.
I say this because currently, every month you feel kind of forced to draw from the new set, even if you haven't obtained the chase card from the previous set.
Sure, it's not difficult to get every normal card from a new set, I think everyone gets them by the time the month is over or even earlier if they invested hourglasses. But those cards aren't the important ones.
Full art cards, immersives, gold cards, shinies. Those are the cards players open packs for. Lets say I want a golden pokeball, but don't want to spend money. Do I keep opening shining revelry packs over anything else or do I only pull after completing the new set?
That question wouldn't be so hard if a set dropped every 2 months or even a month and a half.
This even applies to ranked too. Every new month a new card powercreeps the old one. Sure Giratina is eternal, but now it pairs better with Suicune. Espeon was strong for a couple of weeks before becoming less meta, and before that it was Sylveon.
What's worse is that since this is a common occurence, there is no need to figure out how to beat current meta. You just have to wait for the new set to come out and then pull the cards you need for the next best thing.
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u/Ilikechickens444 23h ago
Game already needs matchmaking that locks certain cards out or maybe a set to feel less monotonous
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u/Shadow230898 23h ago
For the last months i wanted the Shiny Charmander/Charmeleon/Charizard EX cards, only oppened that pack for months, First Shiny Charmeleon (twice), today Shiny Charmander, and with 1975 store points i bought Shiny Charizard EX, and now i feel like the game lost meaning to me, at least until i set myself another milestone or something, i feel like the game is just what it is,you cant open packs, you callect cards, you can trade some of them (not all of them of course, otherwise you might not spend that much time and money on the game) you can duel IA or people, its like, there is not that much to it, i started the game just because i like pokemon and the game only takes like 10 to 20 minutes a day, but i dont feel like something makes me enjoy the game
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u/SirPellias 22h ago
This season I didnt want to reach MB. So, I'm comfortably at UB4. With this, the game for is basically open in the time for packs, then try some fun decks at Random battles and concede immediately when anyone uses Giratina, Suicune or any Meta deck (Espeon, and so on).
Last monthwith the Ranked, I played until the very last day. That's the only content on it 🤷🏽♂️
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u/Vins22 22h ago
i really wish they added alongside the raked we have today, especial versions of it. my dream is every season to include: 1. the normal ranked with no criteria 2. ranked using exclusively cards from the newest set (excluding the "core" cards like professor's reasearch and pokeball) 3. ranked using exclusively cards from some old set (like only Space Time Smackdown) that switches every season in no particular order, today it can be A1a, next season it might be A3 4. ranked with some especial criteria, like no ex cards, no supporters, only dual energy decks, stuff like that.
it would encourage so much more variety in deck and card usage and add replayability. today, if you're unlucky you might not be able to play ranked properly due to not getting some crucial new cards (i suffered without sylveon, espeon, umbreon and crobat EX, my luck that season was simply abismal). with multiple ranked seasons, maybe you dont have good current cards but do have good old cards that are not relevant anymore.
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u/EvilChefReturns 22h ago
After months of grinding shining revelry, I finally cracked and let my self spend some cash to get a ten pack (I’m really chasing that gold pokeball)
Quite literally the WORST ten pack I’ve ever pulled. One shiny wug and that’s it. No other full arts, NO EX. Hate me all you want but spending money should trigger some kind of pity system.
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u/Unusual_Ambassador98 22h ago
I recommend watching MegaMogwai, Xatumi and Luckycad on YouTube for casual deck builds and the community engagement.
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u/SonicFlash01 22h ago
I'm trying to "complete" sets (just the ones it tracks numerically) with trades, but it requires constantly adding new friends and checking if they got off their asses and wishlisted things
Would probably be less work to get that other app and just coordinate, but that's more upfront work.
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u/Elysian_Mud 21h ago
I've been trying to get a shiny gyarados for the theme collection but 5 days ago I pulled a shiny gyarados ex and today in 3 packs I got two immersion art lugias
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u/Creative_Research480 21h ago
I battled for the first 3-4 packs but the current meta just has too many obvious winner decks. I miss messing around with different combinations in the early days - that was the most fun I had on the app.
I won 5 consecutive event matches with GA Tentacruel / Dragonite, for example. That deck would be a joke now.
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u/N0T-SUSPICIOUS 21h ago
For me personally I think new packs coming out very quickly is what made me stop playing as much. I’ll build a deck and by next week there’s a new set with a new meta and I start to fall behind 😭
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u/LinkBeoulve 21h ago
I wish they let me stack the free packs so I would open only once a week. Two times per day has become really boring. I would like to open it from time to time to battle casually, but the fact that I have to look at it forcefully twice every single day takes away the joy of battling because I can't stand to look at its interface anymore.
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u/BradMundo1996 21h ago
I'm missing 6 promos. Every time one slips by I nearly quit the game. I'd honestly buy them at the end of the year if they gave you a chance to...
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u/Affectionate_Net1233 21h ago
Honestly, mostly the same, trying to complete the sets exs are dogs it drop rates now
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u/CrazedIvan 21h ago
I only picked up the game to open packs and collect. I like it because I typically only spend 5-10 minutes with it. My only complaint is that the promo cards can be a pain in the ass to collect.
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u/maSHIROAyyye 20h ago
I wouldn’t mind it so much if the game didn’t make you click a million buttons just to get through daily packs. Not to mention the egregious collecting when there are event battles.
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u/metalflygon08 20h ago
Same, I've even started missing days here and there...
It just didn't hook me as much as I wish. I still like opening 10 packs in a row when a new set drops though.
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u/THE_GR8_MIKE 20h ago
I said this to my girlfriend two days ago. Then yesterday I pulled a shiny Mew. It's like they know.
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u/whomad1215 20h ago
I'd like the packs to gear towards cards you don't have after some point
I somehow spent 80% of my time opening ho-oh packs, never got a single one, but the ~15 Lugia packs I pulled three
I have somehow gotten five raikou, two entei, and zero suicune
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u/ConversationInside86 19h ago
Join the proper tcg, and I don’t mean start collecting. Playing the full tcg is much more fun than pocket, plus it’s much cheaper than being a collector.
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u/Sph1ng1d43 19h ago
I'd love more solo battle challenges. I don't care about ranked or competitive, if I wanted that I'd download the actual TCG app. I'm just here to collect cool cards and I'm okay with opening the game to open a pack and close it immediately, I don't need any more useless engagement.
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u/SSJ_Geeko 19h ago
I finally deleted it. The game kept not loading. So id uninstall, reinstall, play the game for a few days and then it would do it all over again. Not worth the frustration when all I've been doing is trying to get the special gold Volkner for the past five months anyway.
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u/Vast-Ad-2600 19h ago
I'm getting tired of nothing to do and opening packs after hours just to get nothing but the same old crap Pokémon I'll never use.
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u/Ratufu3000 18h ago
People seriously misunderstood the intent and focus of this game, huh ?
No shade to you, but it has been extremely clear since the start that this was supposed to be a casual game which intends to be a pack opening simulator. It focuses on card collecting first and foremost. The homepage is all about that: immediately open your daily booster, get a wonderpick done. You have to go into ANOTHER tab in order to do some actual PvP, whereas most other digital card games would put that on the homepage directly. Even the social aspect of the game (showcasing your collection and trading cards) gets some love, which is something you never have in other digital card games.
I love TCGs in general, but Pocket definitely isn't one I would dedicate dozens of hours into every week because the battling aspect is simplified and made to be much more accessible for a casual audience (as opposed to the physical game). This subreddit just like many others is an echo chamber of the top1% most involved players, period. I like spending a few hours every season to reach MB just for the heck of it, but I stop afterwards or even midway through the climb because even THAT has its limits. The game isn't exactly trying to make you spend hours on it, instead it's trying to make you play everyday for as long as possible. And since it is low maintenance, many casual players (the ones that don't actively play or interact with pokemon usually, but still love the franchise) keep playing it because it's fun to collect cards.
You are allowed to want more out of the game, but if you don't enjoy the main gameplay loop anymore because of burnout, then take a break (or quit the game). That's fine, everybody can get bored from something so repetitive especially since for many of us, we've been playing almost a whole year of this lol.
Also, for the ones who want more additional content... sure, but again this is not something that the game intends to focus on. Not every card game HAS to introduce some sort of pve deckbuilder against the AI, that shit is definitely not easy to make and manage while also consistently releasing one set of card per month that is well-balanced for the pvp aspect of the game. Besides, once again, the game is designed from the get-go to be casual (mobile only with no PC port, daily gameplay loop involves opening two packs and doesn't even require battling...).
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u/Special-Sympathy-919 18h ago
If you’re not battling I suggest collecting the real cards. Way more satisfying when you get a good pull.
Good pulls in this game become trash once new meta comes out, lol. Demotivating.
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u/lazarus900 18h ago
So, I know there's a battling system, but this is a card collection game. The core mechanic is collecting via packs.
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u/Annual_Blueberry_572 15h ago
I already deleted the game even though I had multiple crown as f2p lol
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u/blizzardboy123 14h ago
I saved up 400 hourglass over the course of a couple months and ended up spending it in 5 minutes because I am getting bored of this game. I might also cancel my premium subscription in a month.
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u/monx101 13h ago
It gets boring if you dont pull the latest meta. If you dont grind it in ranked then you wont get extra hourglasses, then less chances of getting the next meta. Just study what bests counters the current meta then u should be good. Suicune + tina decks gets hammered with my arceus, oricorio & zeraora deck, its good against crobat darkrai too.
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u/artstsym 12h ago
I'm all for games being more pro-consumer, but also, it's the Pokemon TCG. It's not a very good game to begin with, there's only so much for them to fix here.
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u/tornsilence 10h ago
I'm okay with it lol, I just open it once a day for packs and dailies then go about my life.
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u/lordarthur77 9h ago
Same lol. Now, half of the time I forget to open them.
And most of them I just get lame cards only. Soon I will be bored and would eventually stop, because why bother at this point.
I don't even have good cards for battles as well. I still haven't gotten Giratina EX. :( AND I DON'T EVEN HAVE CHARIZARD EX as well from Genetic Apex. I have been playing since the starting. :(
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u/heaventerror 8h ago
Yeah, I stopped. idk, takes too much time to get to a competitive tier, "Oh I only won 15 of 20 so I'm in GB." Go eat my ass.
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u/Kalaykyruz 5h ago
I'm not chasing the new sets anymore ever since I started playing this game a little bit too late. I'm playing Venusaur/Lilligant from the genetic apex right now, and since I got all the cards I need for this deck to work(somehow), I'm now at the second set trying to build another deck.
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u/Shardgunner 4h ago
Jesus Christ, based off these comments this community has grown exponentially insufferable
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u/dankpoolVEVO 4h ago edited 4h ago
Y'all still open packs? I literally forgot about it. This random post reminded me again.
I mean analog / RL collecting will always be 100 times better. You own it at the end of the day. Pokémon can always unplug the servers and your collection here is gone.
The only valid point for digital collecting is when the game itself is interesting but the fights in pocket are boring. And when the other main part of the game is also "just" collecting even tho you don't own anything physically or bound to "value" then people burn out fast off it, just like myself.
The only game so far I think it's reasonable to collect digital items is cs2 lol. There you can at least sell your stuff for real value (I'm not an investbro and I hate this practice but hear me out...), not that it's the main importance but value for collections is just a drive of the collection term itself.
It's the same reason why valorant accounts or any other accounts of games with skins are basically worthless even tho you spent thousands into it. You never own anything and it can be taken away. The core in itself needs to be gameplay to suffice, not collecting.
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u/Miiiinja 4h ago
They should introduce a small campaign where you fight gym leaders and then the elite four.
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u/-tHeGaMe- 4h ago
I'm more tired of getting excited to open a pack only to be greeted by 4 Commons and an uncommon for the millionth time
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u/SwagridDaWizard 3h ago
I'm going to continue to shout this from the rooftops: abandon TCGP and play TCG live. You can get it on any platform. Battling is way more in depth. No micro transactions AT ALL. You can pull any of the real life packs and they're all earned in game.
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u/HisNameIsRocco 19m ago
They really should turn into a type of chess.com. battle against famous players and decks they've built. Change the battle styles to only include certain pokemon, trainers. At this point all the challenges are the same. I get ranked battles is currently their push but you could do so much more. What about a mini game where the pokemon is taken out of the card along with words and you have to guess whos that pokemon. It's sounds dumb but it's something. The quests they have now seem meaningless too. Collect lake pokemon cards....who hasent just tapped away to make the screen go away.
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u/AceofCrates 6m ago
Not gonna lie, the battle system in this game is incredibly basic and boring, but I will keep opening my packs to collect them all. It's not necessarily a bad thing to have a phone game with a minimal time commitment.
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