expiredBBQchicken | Staff posted Oct 20, 2023 12:26 PM
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expiredBBQchicken | Staff posted Oct 20, 2023 12:26 PM
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I can't speak for people that buy singles or play competitive magic, but I don't understand how that was a greedy decision for most players. (And to be clear they have made a number of greedy decisions, see MTG30)
summary: "We were pushed by corporate to diversify our product lines to try and increase total sales numbers which affect stock value. This is a common industry tactic to artificially inflate stock value and why we have weird shit like Pumpkin Spice Oreos. Instead it just confused and irritated players and hurt our sales numbers so we are going back to regular packs essentially, but will tweak them to again try to generate hype and increase sales numbers. The wheel continues to spin."
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Honestly my favorite way to play is drafting at home with friends. If I start getting slightly better expected value out of my draft packs, that sounds like a net win.
Reading between the lines, this was done on purpose to temporarily extract more money out of the market and now that they have killed draft it was time to move to the next phase. They wanted this to happen so they could raise the price of draft boosters and it was all a grand scheme that has fooled everyone.
Also, the comments here about standard rotating every 3 years being a good thing. . .smh. This was done because of over saturated product sitting in warehouses they couldn't move. When even Amazon doesn't want it, you done farked up. It was never a change to give players longer-term value and actually degrades the standard experience. What exactly have we seen for a longer rotation? The meta did not rotate as expected and has now stagnated with mono-red and azorious soldiers still holding #1 spots. And bans aren't being addressed as promised either with some places resorting to house bans on disruptive cards like The One Ring.
Suffice to say, the game has never been in a lower state since Fallen Empires. I still play but completely free on Arena. They're never getting another dime from me.
Reading between the lines, this was done on purpose to temporarily extract more money out of the market and now that they have killed draft it was time to move to the next phase. They wanted this to happen so they could raise the price of draft boosters and it was all a grand scheme that has fooled everyone.
Also, the comments here about standard rotating every 3 years being a good thing. . .smh. This was done because of over saturated product sitting in warehouses they couldn't move. When even Amazon doesn't want it, you done farked up. It was never a change to give players longer-term value and actually degrades the standard experience. What exactly have we seen for a longer rotation? The meta did not rotate as expected and has now stagnated with mono-red and azorious soldiers still holding #1 spots. And bans aren't being addressed as promised either with some places resorting to house bans on disruptive cards like The One Ring.
Suffice to say, the game has never been in a lower state since Fallen Empires. I still play but completely free on Arena. They're never getting another dime from me.
Yet the game marches on and they are doing fine. All of you sound alot like "old men yelling at clouds". I'm excited for the marvel crossover. The LOTR set was amazing.
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