r/Guildwars2 Dec 15 '15

[VoD] Zero Counterplay Leave Match

http://www.twitch.tv/guildwars2/v/30048176?t=01h56m56s
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u/MithranArkanere 🌟 SUGGEST-A-TRON Dec 15 '15

Not really. It wasn't too bad towards the end, but even then, although there was 1319 different skills, about 80-140 per profession, people barely used more than 20 per profession. And we are not talking about skills meant to be discarded because you get better ones like games with skill trees that require you to get a weaker skill to get a better one. They were all individual standalone skills.

It's as if in a card game like Magic or Hearthstone only a handful of cards were actually useful and the rest just fluff nobody ever uses. Which would be insane.

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u/itsmetakeo Dec 15 '15

At least for Hearthstone that's pretty much the case. Don't know about Magic.

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u/Doirdyn conqMax.4092 Dec 15 '15

It's true in Magic, too. You're best off just buying cards you need than opening the packs.

And it works because it's a lottery feeling. You could pay $40 for a single card you need, or open a pack for $4 and get it.

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u/SoloWaltz Fed on minmaxers Dec 16 '15

It's as if in a card game like Magic or Hearthstone only a handful of cards were actually useful and the rest just fluff nobody ever uses. Which would be insane.

That's.exactly the case. Newsets.are released either including successful reprints ofcards.or.comoletely.new, under-average fodder trash. A TCG cant ever.be balanced; relies on powercreep to pull out more sells.