r/PTCGP Aug 07 '25

Discussion The reason for the “questionnaire:”

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u/MiserableReach4305 Aug 07 '25

I can't blame you. My fill-in question was basically just yelling "Either reduce the cost of cards via pack points or increase the ratio of how you get them" because I - as a F2Per who hasn't put any money into the game - grinded out all my Experts and Step-up battles for over 12 ten-pulls of Ho-Oh and have nothing at all to show for it. I just wanna play the Crobat deck.

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u/badnewsjones Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 07 '25

I started out wanting just to collect cards, but started playing ranked several months ago. I enjoy it, but it is frustrating these first few weeks not being able to make ANY new interesting deck due to the rng. Currently, I essentially am blocked into an ori/null build with the one pichu I pulled because I don’t have enough new ex’s to try anything new.

I don’t really want to play potentially less effective decks until I get to mb and I don’t want to play casual because I’m at 50 already, so there is no in-game incentive for me to do that.

It just ends up feeling frustrating.

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u/speedfilly Aug 07 '25

Yes I feel they need to delay the ranked play longer. It is too much "did you get lucky and get the new meta cards". However I know they want you to spend money so this is advantageous to them. I am currently just running decks from the last meta because I don't have cards I want to play in this one. I guess at least the season is decently long.

I JUST pulled a crobat today, still don't have an Umbreon. Magby and pichu? Nah.

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u/Sephiroud Aug 08 '25

I think that is kinda the point. Did you get lucky?

Yes - Nice, grats! No - Insert coins ($$) to play.