The job thing, that "i work and i don't have time to play" If you have a Job you can afford 50$ every 4 months, i do and i even pay it during those 4 months, like 12$ a month. In a game you really like and enjoy i don't think it's a great cost. Games like Duel Links are so much expansive to do anything, so yeah i aggre to this guy(not about comparing to MTG, but the cost not being so high)
Exactly right. Like I realize it costs money to keep up, but as you said if you are working and cannot afford the cheaper pre order bundle when an expansion comes out, you need to just move on to a different game. I would say many gamers spend $50-$60 every 3-4 months or so (if not more frequently) on a new video game. And that's what expansions mean to card games, essentially a new game in that the entire meta shifts and the decks being played change.
And that is all secondary to the fact that you technically can play this game entirely for free if you put the time in. Especially if you're decent at arena.
It's worth noting that 50-60 bucks doesn't get you the full game. It gets you a portion of the game, randomly selected, via 50-60 loot boxes. You can be cool with that, but let's not pretend that it's of comparable value to a game where you pay once and get the whole experience. It's a Skinner box, and we're rats.
Let's not pretend that a card game can be compared to any non card game. Card packs are loot boxes in a sense, but everyone knows that. Card games always have been and always will be. If that's not your thing, don't play them.
Yep, many a poker player has lost because he couldn't find that rare ace card to add to his deck. I get that you meant trading card games, but the rarity and loot boxing is and has always been a marketing scheme, not an inherent or necessary quality of the games themselves. You could easily have Hearthstone or MTG without the exploitative value extraction.
Don't get me wrong, I'm still here, having spent 110 dollars. I'm just honest enough to admit that I'm a sucker, and the games could be structured in a way that is more beneficial to the players, it would just mean that Blizzard can't build as many forts out of our money.
The job thing, that "i work and i don't have time to play" If you have a Job you can afford 50$ every 4 months, i do and i even pay it during those 4 months, like 12$ a month. In a game you really like and enjoy i don't think it's a great cost. Games like Duel Links are so much expansive to do anything, so yeah i aggre to this guy(not about comparing to MTG, but the cost not being so high)
Exactly right. Like I realize it costs money to keep up, but as you said if you are working and cannot afford the cheaper pre order bundle when an expansion comes out, you need to just move on to a different game. I would say many gamers spend $50-$60 every 3-4 months or so (if not more frequently) on a new video game. And that's what expansions mean to card games, essentially a new game in that the entire meta shifts and the decks being played change.
And that is all secondary to the fact that you technically can play this game entirely for free if you put the time in. Especially if you're decent at arena.
It's worth noting that 50-60 bucks doesn't get you the full game. It gets you a portion of the game, randomly selected, via 50-60 loot boxes. You can be cool with that, but let's not pretend that it's of comparable value to a game where you pay once and get the whole experience. It's a Skinner box, and we're rats.
Yep, many a poker player has lost because he couldn't find that rare ace card to add to his deck. I get that you meant trading card games, but the rarity and loot boxing is and has always been a marketing scheme, not an inherent or necessary quality of the games themselves. You could easily have Hearthstone or MTG without the exploitative value extraction.
Don't get me wrong, I'm still here, having spent 110 dollars. I'm just honest enough to admit that I'm a sucker, and the games could be structured in a way that is more beneficial to the players, it would just mean that Blizzard can't build as many forts out of our money.
It's worth noting that 50-60 bucks doesn't get you the full game. It gets you a portion of the game, randomly selected, via 50-60 loot boxes. You can be cool with that, but let's not pretend that it's of comparable value to a game where you pay once and get the whole experience. It's a Skinner box, and we're rats.
Why?
I wonder if the League of Explorer classes will get new Legendary cards to balance out Galakrond?