Just some (a lot of) decks not worth my time playing against. blah blah blah meta sheep blah blah "just play around it" or "just draw the out" no, screw that I play to have fun and if my opponent doesn't want me to have fun I simply won't play against them.
True! Even with the current Revived Legion pack, if you want the Horus Engine, RNG-esus better be smiling at you to pack 3x Imsety, 3x Kings Sarcophagus, at least 1x Hapi and then the SR cards for it. Thanks for the comment 😁
Ah, so you're saying you have a lot of untapped gems in solo mode 🤣 Nah in all seriousness though, I can see that opposite side too tbh - a lot of the people I know are also of the opinion "if it's not ranked, what's the point?" and I'm similar in some of the other games I play like League for example 😅 Also just gonna say here, I'm a big fan! I've watched so many of your videos on my other account in order to improve my gameplay in master duel! Thank you so much for the comment!
Dang that's super unlucky! There should be some sort of system in place of like "you've spent 10k gems on this pack, just craft the alt art for 60 dust" 🤣 Thanks for watching!
and here I was salty because I never got a royal finish Ra after spending roughly the same in gems but pulled exactly 1 alt art Ra first draw and never again. That truly blows. 😅
Honestly, an interesting idea I’ve had is to increase the daily gems for Ranked, and introduce a “Standard” mode with no ranking structures, minor rewards, but the MD banlist.
This could be a good idea! Only concern would be that you would have master tier players playing against new players which could be a turn off for them xD
Nah the only real problem with master duel (besides the roach) is that 50% of the cards you get from secret packs are from the master pack. I'll never forget when I created a new account to build a branded deck and spent 10k+ gems on the secret pack and got only 5 URs from it m, and I think around 70 dust UR... 70 UR dust is 2 UR cards, instead of seven, so 5 UR cards potentially lost...
ouch! if it makes you feel any better, when I started playing Branded was the best deck in the game and I also wanted to build it.. fast forward to now and I have lost count at how many of the secret packs I've opened... I still don't have a branded deck 😆
Here's a trick you can all try, collect as many SR dust as possible. Then look for a SR card for every deck archetype from A-Z and craft the card so the secret pack free pull opens. I have been lucky to pull some URs from them. Sometimes it's a card you will need and sometimes you dismantle. Im on G now. Golem, gadgets and so on.
Nice idea! I've also used the various lists floating around where 1 craft gets you 2 (occasionally 3) pulls from 2 different packs - but its definitely been fun :P
doing "forced" daily is one reason i make a self FTK deck, spell trap destroy based deck, xyz and link cheap deck (spiders and world chalice mix). I don't really want to rank up but we MUST do rank to do daily, so i made deck that is for doing daily, kinda annoying but it worked so no problem lol. And i just login for 3 days and on third day i do all the daily so more save more time as well. I wish Konami fix this problem and can do daily in casual mode
Would definitely be insterested in a decklist for this! Especially if it works in ranked xD I've tried to make the spider OTK deck I use in solo mode work in ranked but it doesn't seem to be able to do anything in any other setting haha xD I sometimes find even the 3 dailies in a day take a while o.O
Right now the hardest Daily Mission for me is "Destroy five cards your opponent controls" because opponents either forfeit or theyre playing decks that prevent me from playing. Example, ill be playing Suships, get umi and Ikura Dreadnoughts out and ill attack into monsters to destroy them even though Umi can attack directly. I know theres better ways to do it, i fun duster, i run raigeki, i run all those cards but i never pull them or an opponent forfeits before they go through. And I have this issue with all my other decks. Last night i went from silver3 to plat 5 and destroyed 3 cards...simply annoying
Yeah I know the struggle! I will be uploading a video today a bit later on about how to choose your own dailies to do so I guess stay tuned for that one! ;)
the biggest problem with the game imo is that there is no way to just enjoy lower powered decks realistically there is ranked where you are just going to play agaist the most degenarate available deck at any given time and if there is one the temporary game mode, wich then folds into the problem of running out of avenues to get free gems wich means you have to play agaist whatever nonsense meta deck for hours just to be able to build a deck you actually wanna have fun with in casual mode wich then further exasperates the issue of people conceding games as soon as things dont work out people play lower powered decks beacause thats whats fun to them come up agaist meta decks that main 10+ hand traps with a bunch of one card combos wich makes you not be able to play the game to begin with all these problems fold into each other you want to play a deck that is fun to you > you go try and earn gems for whatever you are trying to build and run out of ways to do so > you play ranked and just play agaist a bunch of handtraps that stop you from playing the game and 1 card combos that lead to unbreakable boards > you surrender as soon as you get hit with imper or ash or anything like that cause there is literally nothing you can do and you rather go next and try to get a game you can actually maybe win and earn your gems i think the foundemental issue is that the game has no way to actually enjoy its enormous card pool when to play to any decent level damn near 20% of your deck is prebuild by unfun hand traps that are the only way to stop someone from making a 70 omni negates board wich then creates just a negative feedback loop where you are forced into playing the meta decks so that you can actually do something
I wish they made a new game that is pve focused, one of those rpg lites they used to do on like gba, ds, psp and they did a while back for speed duels, but using the master duel engine for the actual dueling cuz it's really nice, smooth and all
PvE modes are definitely a great idea, and one shouldn't feel obliged to play PvP. I think something like this is doable in MD, especially considering that most events are usually pretty good and fun (not the current one lol) but Konami also make efootball, and I exclusively play PvE and never really feel "locked out" for doing so..
My issues with master duel is the coin toss decider. I have been losing the coin toss more times than winning the coin toss. It has been happening for 6 seasons.
I have been putting in the surveys for months two things that I feel would be very positive improvements to Master Duel. 1. You should be able to up convert CP. Imagine if you could turn say 300 or even 1,000 Rare Crafting Points into 30 SR CP, and be able to do the same with 300-1000 SR CP to turn it into 30 UR CP. 2. The program needs legacy Playlists with historical card pools and Forbidden & limited lists where we can fulfill daily goals. They could just bring back the 2004 Time Wizard pool and rules as an alternative ladder, make it count towards dailies, and it would make a ton of players happy.
I really like both of these suggestions! I've said the same things with a friend of mine that a conversion system of some sort would be HUGE! Give us a use for the thousands of N and R dust we naturally accumulate and make things more accessible for the average player! And as someone who started playing the game (and owned) the first Yugi and Kaiba structure decks irl, a place where it could feel like that again would go so hard for me in the nostalgia side of things!
I love master duel but I mostly play solo mode because I only use evil twins and I don't really want to just sit there waiting for my opponent to set up a 30 minute board
@@tle_sasuke3223 I mean, I don't know how much ranked if you've tried to play, but early ranks are really easy and not super meta decks.. otherwise theres always things like the events :P
Unless there is a gem reward or some equivalent involved ppl will quickly surrender. Because yugioh is, at its core no longer fun to play. You have to bribe people to play essentially. My opinion.
I kinda feel you tbh, I personally wouldn't say that I don't have fun with it anymore, but it does feel a little too serious at times. Most decks these days are built to almost lock your opponent out of playing the game which is kinda of what breeds this relatively toxic format - and I think also why the events are typically more fun since people are willing to try new things most of the time. Can definitely see why you feel that way though!
@@TriixstarHD ye the festivals are usually a highlight now that they tailor the ban lists properly. And not only are the end boards usually impossible to break, save for some protagonists level hands/multiple interruptions (maybe 1 if your opponent has a bad hand/deck), but it also takes foreeeeeeeeeeeever to finish a turn. Shxt game fr fr. I only play for the gatcha pack openings
I agree,the rank is forced to play nd its frustrating nd i find hard to stay calm bcs of some ppl's attitude in duels specialy on plat 1 and diamond,when i play events i enjoy it nd its less stress.. cuz no max c nd it feels real yugioh nd give many gems ,this game still expensive specially that decks comes nd destroy previeuse decks mechanics in order to force u buy new trending decks
Happy to read that it's not just me that feels a bit more chill in an event setting! The "banlists" they often put in event's also help for sure. I'm already considering what to do when the new banlist comes and hits snake eyes again, might be a new deck is in order again xD Thanks for watching and the comment!
Master Duel hooks you by showing you all the cards and possibilities but constrains you to playing a meta deck by making the only option ranked mode. And when you finally put in hundreds of hours (or your credit card) into the game and create a meta deck you realize that you've only just began playing a mildly fun fighting game with horrible balancing.
Been saying this for about a yr now. As for casual mode, it should be dismantled and replaced with alternative formats, prob Goat and Eddison as formats where players can earn gems. Not everyone wants to play ranked or hyper competitive decks. Draft mode would be good too. Games dying out because ranked pvp is only way to earn gems consistently.
I 100% agree! Something less hyper competitive would be awesome for the game, and especially something outside of the events that you can consistently earn gems would be HUGE! I feel like that would also help curb the amount of players who feel they need to make new accounts to get the influx of early gems to make new decks as well!
Yeah I can imagine! Have you considered trying to build a deck around maybe a 3x structure deck? I obviously don't know what your resources look like atm, but I've really enjoyed playing Salamangreat with the new support in the current selection pack - bonus that the Horus engine is super strong and could potentially pull parts of it from there 😅
@TriixstarHD only one that interests me was dragon maid tbh, never been a fan of using meta stuff for games and thats why i never get too good lmao, but for real tho out of all the decks ive fought salamangreat i always have had bad experiences cause they somehow always get a gazillion handtraps when i fight em, i hate that deck lol
You know what is incredibly frustrating to someone basically starting out, and playing master duel, is sitting there for 10 minutes while your opponent plays solitaire with themselves, and on their first turn has their whole extra deck summoned... Sitting there for 10 freaking minutes while they move all their cards around, discard every card, pull 5 more, chain them, link them. Oh my god, its so frustrating. I love the anime, the original, its all ive seen so far. I love the art work of the cards, but omg its not a fun game to play. When you have a duel with someone of your skill level it can be incredibly fun, but that's rare. So by all means, to those who like taking 10 damn minutes to pull all their cards, enjoy yourselves, this game isn't fun. I want to blame the users, but its Konami who put this BS in the game. I just want to have fun, I do not care if I lose, I want it to be somewhat competitive, but its not when I get steamrolled on their first turn. Brother in arms, i swear to you someone summoned 3 blue eyes dragons on my ass in one turn... and that's not even the worst thing...
It is incredibly frustrating, most decks are built to negate the other person from playing the game - combined with negating everything they do manage to put together and in that, to be "competitive" you are almost forced to do the same, or, go down the other route where you build a deck specifically to be anti-meta which of course in turn requires resources and stuff to do.. People have been saying that edison format in the game would help (like the old school format back from 2002) and I can definitely see how that would help for a few "oldies" who just wanna play the classic game
I've only made it to diamond 5 once, one time I got booted back down to plat because of a string of bricks then a unbreakable board on top of a brick. That really was not fun. I created a swordsoul deck which became something of a crutch over my favorite stuff i enjoyed more but seemed to just not cut it(a fully set up furr hire deck bricked so often it wasnt funny).
My views on your points: Single player aspect: Solo Mode is nice and i def wish they would have more more often but we have decades of single player yugioh games that you can always try. The only other single player aspect i could see working for master duel is the single player game's "puzzles" system where you are given a specific hand and actually attempt to break a board and win (sorta like solo but without the handholding) Ranked Vs Casual issue: Casuals issue boils down to players themselves not the game. I think the only way casual could be "fixed" would be banning the most player cards in ranked ladder. Event discussion: events are "technically" always active to a degree in duel rooms Pack / craft part: the game is very f2p friendly overall i mean the complaint about a secret packs feels weird? Newer cards that you might of missed i could understand complaining aboht such as you basically have to craft all the kashtira cards if you wanna play that currently as oppossed to "i need this generic card that does have a secret pack so i can either go into that pack and possibly get it or craft it" but besides that i say thank god secret packs and crafting exists at all imagine only having master packs and pulling from a pool of about 10k+ cards The game is pay 2 win / patience 2 win: This i somewhat get but you can easily get a good enough deck very very easily for the most part. There are mutliple structure decks including 1 that contains a deck that was meta back in the day(swordsoul) and you can easily get tons of gems via solo mode before ever even facing another living player and then you can get like 10k gems monthly via events, missions, rank ups, etc Legacy packs: this one i basically hardcore agree with BUT with a single caveat of: you should not be able to dismantle a legacy card unless you specificlaly have more than 3 copies of one. Look at something such as blue-eyes which is in structure decks, legacy packs, and maybe even in a secret pack not entirely sure on that one of the top of my head. Point is its very easy to get multiple copies of some cards and it rewards the more longterm or grindy players since for the most part most legacy cards arent as cared for now apart from something like idk stealth kragen I say all of this as someone who never touched any meta decks (at least when they were meta since i do technically have swordsoul after its fall from the top tiers) i mean I made it to master with red-eyes a deck most people think is useless. You could easily buy 3 salamangreat structure decks and craft a few ED cards and i think you have a really decent decklist that could def carry you up to diamond at the very least if you can pilot it. At the end of the day i think if you focus on staples first and foremost such as your max cs, ash blossoms, evenly matched, imperms, droplets, nibirus. You will have an easier time making decks as the most generic parts of most decks will have been done then you move on to more generic extra deck staples such as IP / SP or whatever type of deck you like playing like baron for synchros or zeus for xyz
All of this would be solved if they had 1 or 2 more formats people could play for ranked rewards they need a goat, Edison, and draft format for ranked rewards
I like playing Solo and play testing against AI decks. I think Konami should make a hybrid game called Legacy Of The Duelist (Master Duel). All they need to do is copy and paste Master Duel's features and slap it onto The Legacy of the Duelist Link evolution's game, then update the card pool. I would rather pay for an updated card pool yugioh game every year (like NBA 2k, Madden, Fifa etc.) Vs play Master Duel because I don't like how they cater to the OCG. There's no lane for the TCG or casual player. You can't even play solo using the TCG banlist. They don't support Legacy formats/alternative ways of playing. I like glossy and royal finish cards. But I don't like how they won't let you dismantle cards from Legacy packs, Structure decks, promo cards, etc. Why are they forcing you to hold onto cards that you don't want and don't use? You should be able to dismantle royal finish to craft a royal finish card of your choosing.
I usually always do the same, of course being as honest as possible but some of the things in game have needed to change for a while for sure. Glad to see this morning they added a new solo gate with 200 gems at the end! Thanks for watching!
I'll be honest with you chief, most ranked ppl cycle between 2 ranks, so that's only 10 ranks per month, i am going to assume most climb at least 5 by simply doing the dailies, that's already 500+gems from ranked without putting much effort, and most of the gems income is concentrated in the dailies. I believe that's a good thing, you never feel you are missing out on anything when compared to those in higher leagues, everyone nearly earns the same amount of gems, isn't that relieving? you don't need to stress you don't need to mald to get a good gem income, everyone gets a good gem income as it is, and rank climbers get a small extra tidbit for their high stress efforts, it's a win-win imo
Oh I agree 100%! I also just sort of sit between gold and plat so I know what you mean for sure! Idk, for me personally I kinda just wish it wasn't as "forced" yano? Like right now for example, I "just" wanna do my dailies, if one of those dailies is "win a duel", I'd personally feel more comfortable in an event of some kinda instead of the more "stakes" in ranked.. dunno if that makes sense but, yeah, I guess I'm just a bit more relaxed in an event setting xD
@@TriixstarHD fair enough, I get your standing from watching the video, all I can say is as a gacha veteran, one ten pull a week is a gold standard for most games and I play ranked extremely chill not caring about winning or losing at all, it's hard to be like that but I hope in future if you ever feel rage or dissatisfaction, remember that one or two or even 10 game losses don't really matter, there is always a tomorrow and there isn't really a big reward to climb so there isn't even any rush. It will help you keep a more healthy mindset, hope you have a great day ahead
@@vivanmaurya I wish you the same friend! And yeah, I know technically nothing really rides on it, I guess my competitive-ness mixes with my anxiety sometimes, but I will definitely try to keep in my head that there's no difference in winning or losing, as long as the game is fun :D
Unfortunately learning decks in master duel is very hard to do I'd suggest once you build the deck in master duel just rebuild it on Dueling Nexus which is free to do since it is a simulator and it's a good way to learn the deck before playing it in Master Duel
@@TriixstarHD No Problem just a heads up for when you do watch out for Red-Eyes and Dark Magician deck players as they do have Dark Dragoon in their extra decks since the site allows banned cards to be played
as a content creator i find that going second even have to sit throu an annoyingly long turn is better because breaking seemingly unbreakable boards make for better content imo and it can be really satisfying that being said not everybody is a content creator not every content creator is going to have that mind set and not every deck is viable going second or has the capacity to break boards like that consistantly or at all in some cases so i can see how people might get disenfranchised by how oppressive the game can be thi game has an economy issue that is true but you can bypass it to some extent by building 1 deck you like and making that your main mine is unchained than branch out from there what i do is i save 1000 gems and 30 super rare dust and craft 1 super rare from a pack that i have most if not all the cards i need from idealy a card that i have 3 coppies of this unlocks the pack buy 1000 gems worth of packs and break down all the ur and sr that you get doing this yo will get more then you put in and in matereals also note that not all packs are created equal you want to choos a pack with a small overall quantity but higher than average ratio of ur and sr cards the old unchained and fireking pack happens to be one of them hope this helps
Firstly, thank you for the very well formatted comment! and I agree with what you said, nothing better than being able to navigate around what the opponent believes to be is their best board and breaking it down! I just wish I could "pick a deck and fully run with it" xD I often get sucked into the "I want ALL the decks" haha, however at the moment my favourite is probably Salamangreat which I don't find is THAT great going second xD I'll definitely look into those packs, I know fire king support is coming soon and should be good as well, at the moment I'm usually using the branded secret pack when I "just need ur dust" if the collection pack available doesn't have anything I need - Unchained is also a really fun deck xD I used it in one of the recent events and is definitely on the "to build list" xD
I love swordsoul and returned after not playing for like a year or so, got up to plat 3 and built purrely but honestly this game just isn’t worth the time. Could I have crafted snake eyes and continue ranking up? Yes, But I’m not that type of player, I genuinely just like to have fun and this game from their tier system to the roach mini game is not.
Maxx C not being banned is a bit of a detriment for everyone, even as far as deck building. We are all pretty much forced to run multiple hand traps to potentially deal with it and thats not even mentioning how much Maxx C can basically just stop a link player in their tracks. That being said, I feel like maybe it serves as a necessary evil in that, if Maxx C exists, players do have to consider their play pattern - like, do you just play into the maxx c? do you do the bare minimum and stop your turn? the threat of maxx c being in everyones deck brings some layer to dueling like "can my deck handle being maxx c'd" etc - it is annoying for sure though, i can see where you're coming from. Purrely is still pretty competitive isn't it? It was up there a couple months back iirc?
@@TriixstarHD it’s still competitively viable for sure, delicious is at 1 but you can still end on noir with draws / trap for 2x draws on 18+ non engine. I built it to push forward in plat, and built for locals to just play since the skill ceiling is relatively high. can’t be mad that more competitive ranks require competitive decks. Still not much of a fight against snake eyes. that’s my issue with the game. The top deck can be more powerful, I have no issue with that but they make it nearly untouchable when it plays at a pace 4-5 years ahead of everything else. SÉ isn’t the first to do it, look at zoo, then spyral, etc. one card xyz is a semi normal now with typhoon (tcg) and zeus / purrely but zoo was the only one to do it at its time. Same with link spam and spyral. If I get people scooping just by seeing a cat I can only imagine how many people scoop by seeing bonfire, me being one of them. Rather not waste my time watching a cutscene for 10 minutes as someone slaps down everything possible turn one that still has recursion / card advantage after interacting with. Just take the dub and move on up and play against mirrors. As far as maxx c, the amount of games I’ve won by just having it resolve is telling. This is an “interactive” card game, no one should be scooping because they didn’t draw the out to maxx c and it never feels good playing into my opponents board with 20 cards in hand, super unfair coming from the perspective of benefiting from it (actually happened in wcq event and obviously I won even with sword soul on level 16) it doesn’t slow the game down because you either play into it and most likely lose because the card pool we have today is insanely powerful or you don’t play into it and lose because literally any deck can put enough damage on board to reduce you to 0 lp.
Zeus isn’t the best example of 1 card xyz but the power creep of using a xyz to overly onto another wasn’t a norm and still was done first with zoodiac
I understand how it looks, but I really don't WANT to play snake eyes, it's just the best deck so I wanted a version of it.. the points still hold with any deck though 😅
I FEEL this! I remember losing to quite a few hero decks and thinking "damn, I would love to try a hero deck!" since I used to play heroes on my old DS games so the nostalgia also hit.. Then I saw how expensive it would be and the idea just sort of melted away haha xD
Hey i wanna say this all ranks below master have most of the player base playing stun amd meta im in gold and ive seen nothing but snake eyes, kash, and lab and its only getting worst
I am currently in gold right now as well, but have luckily dodged most of the "worst" decks, but hang in there, in gold at least losing means nothing so you can just keep retrying xD
Hmm.. I don't know how this would work in practice, it would have to come with some sort of downside I think if this was to be a thing in like, ranked.. However this could be great in like a duel room setting where if you wanna test out a deck before committing to it (duelling against a friend or something) you have the opportunity to use any cards you want whether you own them or not
It's a fair complaint if you're unable to get to actually learn your deck. Tbf tho it's literally the most broken deck rn. Most people in ranks lower than Plat will scoop because whats the point when you're playing Toons and you're watching Snake Eyes go full combo? You know the games over right then and there.
I really feel both sides of this, it's never fun just watching any deck really go full combo - I remember the days not playing Snake Eyes and having to watch them/Tearlaments/Kashtira while they basically combo off trying to lock you out of being able to play the game. Although little did the people who scooped against me know, they probably would have won if they had just stayed in the game 🤣Even to this day, my combos and interruptions are.. um.. lackluster to say the least when playing Snake Eyes xD
Hey, i know that feeling of not wanna play Ranked, even for the dailies. I just log in watch the daily and get my log-in gems. I dont bother even for Events anymore. And whem im farming a little bit on the last day of the events. I am a Casual Player and like to watch others play competitive. I play this Game on my Terms and go with the flow. New Cards for my Decks i try to get my Hands on. And even for the Cosmetics. I fucking Grinded for my Mokey Mokey Mate. But in the End its Konamis Game and we know what they are like. So i guess take the best from it and dont bother with the rest. Lifes to short for that. P.S. did you consider the Duel Rooms for Testing? Get some People and try out things in there.
I'm glad to read that it's not just me! I do my best to just go with it as well, but for me, I just feel like I'll see some cool deck or some cool card and be like "oh man, now I need to get that deck/card for myself" xD I guess a level of fomo comes into play with me on this game haha. I do use the duel rooms sometimes for testing, of course that hinges on my buddies availability and sometimes the impatience gets the better of me haha. Really healthy attitude to have though! I wish I could be the same and not get lost in the fomo of the game haha.. Thanks for watching and the super insightful comment!
No time to go into detail: Pls compress the things you want to say a bit more, 6+ min to say "many ppl dont like to get stomped by the best decks or play them, but they have to for gems and we need an alternative"...
I can actually see your points and I agree with most if not all of them... Thanks for the video, keep up the good work!
Thank you so much for watching!
Just some (a lot of) decks not worth my time playing against. blah blah blah meta sheep blah blah "just play around it" or "just draw the out" no, screw that I play to have fun and if my opponent doesn't want me to have fun I simply won't play against them.
Kashtira immediately comes to mind here! xD But I understand for sure!
Definitely a trend i noticed with newer packs is the abundance of SR and UR main deck monster. I play Chimera and all its starters are SR atleast
True! Even with the current Revived Legion pack, if you want the Horus Engine, RNG-esus better be smiling at you to pack 3x Imsety, 3x Kings Sarcophagus, at least 1x Hapi and then the SR cards for it. Thanks for the comment 😁
Funny, My experience is ptterally the opposite. I spend all my time in ranks and BARELY ever touch solo mode.
Ah, so you're saying you have a lot of untapped gems in solo mode 🤣 Nah in all seriousness though, I can see that opposite side too tbh - a lot of the people I know are also of the opinion "if it's not ranked, what's the point?" and I'm similar in some of the other games I play like League for example 😅
Also just gonna say here, I'm a big fan! I've watched so many of your videos on my other account in order to improve my gameplay in master duel! Thank you so much for the comment!
I was frustrated when I couldn't get my hand on the alt art of ra, despite having used 10k+ gems. That's my issue 😂
Dang that's super unlucky! There should be some sort of system in place of like "you've spent 10k gems on this pack, just craft the alt art for 60 dust" 🤣 Thanks for watching!
Same basically occured to me but I did get 1 last minute thankfully
and here I was salty because I never got a royal finish Ra after spending roughly the same in gems but pulled exactly 1 alt art Ra first draw and never again. That truly blows. 😅
I got it on the free pack 😂
Honestly, an interesting idea I’ve had is to increase the daily gems for Ranked, and introduce a “Standard” mode with no ranking structures, minor rewards, but the MD banlist.
This could be a good idea! Only concern would be that you would have master tier players playing against new players which could be a turn off for them xD
Nah the only real problem with master duel (besides the roach) is that 50% of the cards you get from secret packs are from the master pack. I'll never forget when I created a new account to build a branded deck and spent 10k+ gems on the secret pack and got only 5 URs from it m, and I think around 70 dust UR... 70 UR dust is 2 UR cards, instead of seven, so 5 UR cards potentially lost...
ouch! if it makes you feel any better, when I started playing Branded was the best deck in the game and I also wanted to build it.. fast forward to now and I have lost count at how many of the secret packs I've opened... I still don't have a branded deck 😆
@@TriixstarHD I'll only consider building branded if they ever release a special selection pack.
Here's a trick you can all try, collect as many SR dust as possible. Then look for a SR card for every deck archetype from A-Z and craft the card so the secret pack free pull opens. I have been lucky to pull some URs from them. Sometimes it's a card you will need and sometimes you dismantle.
Im on G now. Golem, gadgets and so on.
Nice idea! I've also used the various lists floating around where 1 craft gets you 2 (occasionally 3) pulls from 2 different packs - but its definitely been fun :P
@@TriixstarHD exactly
doing "forced" daily is one reason i make a self FTK deck, spell trap destroy based deck, xyz and link cheap deck (spiders and world chalice mix). I don't really want to rank up but we MUST do rank to do daily, so i made deck that is for doing daily, kinda annoying but it worked so no problem lol. And i just login for 3 days and on third day i do all the daily so more save more time as well. I wish Konami fix this problem and can do daily in casual mode
Would definitely be insterested in a decklist for this! Especially if it works in ranked xD I've tried to make the spider OTK deck I use in solo mode work in ranked but it doesn't seem to be able to do anything in any other setting haha xD I sometimes find even the 3 dailies in a day take a while o.O
Right now the hardest Daily Mission for me is "Destroy five cards your opponent controls" because opponents either forfeit or theyre playing decks that prevent me from playing. Example, ill be playing Suships, get umi and Ikura Dreadnoughts out and ill attack into monsters to destroy them even though Umi can attack directly. I know theres better ways to do it, i fun duster, i run raigeki, i run all those cards but i never pull them or an opponent forfeits before they go through. And I have this issue with all my other decks. Last night i went from silver3 to plat 5 and destroyed 3 cards...simply annoying
Yeah I know the struggle! I will be uploading a video today a bit later on about how to choose your own dailies to do so I guess stay tuned for that one! ;)
the biggest problem with the game imo is that there is no way to just enjoy lower powered decks realistically there is ranked where you are just going to play agaist the most degenarate available deck at any given time and if there is one the temporary game mode, wich then folds into the problem of running out of avenues to get free gems wich means you have to play agaist whatever nonsense meta deck for hours just to be able to build a deck you actually wanna have fun with in casual mode wich then further exasperates the issue of people conceding games as soon as things dont work out people play lower powered decks beacause thats whats fun to them come up agaist meta decks that main 10+ hand traps with a bunch of one card combos wich makes you not be able to play the game to begin with all these problems fold into each other
you want to play a deck that is fun to you > you go try and earn gems for whatever you are trying to build and run out of ways to do so > you play ranked and just play agaist a bunch of handtraps that stop you from playing the game and 1 card combos that lead to unbreakable boards > you surrender as soon as you get hit with imper or ash or anything like that cause there is literally nothing you can do and you rather go next and try to get a game you can actually maybe win and earn your gems
i think the foundemental issue is that the game has no way to actually enjoy its enormous card pool when to play to any decent level damn near 20% of your deck is prebuild by unfun hand traps that are the only way to stop someone from making a 70 omni negates board wich then creates just a negative feedback loop where you are forced into playing the meta decks so that you can actually do something
I wish they made a new game that is pve focused, one of those rpg lites they used to do on like gba, ds, psp and they did a while back for speed duels, but using the master duel engine for the actual dueling cuz it's really nice, smooth and all
PvE modes are definitely a great idea, and one shouldn't feel obliged to play PvP. I think something like this is doable in MD, especially considering that most events are usually pretty good and fun (not the current one lol) but Konami also make efootball, and I exclusively play PvE and never really feel "locked out" for doing so..
My issues with master duel is the coin toss decider. I have been losing the coin toss more times than winning the coin toss. It has been happening for 6 seasons.
The coin toss is rigged I'm sure of it!
@TriixstarHD I knew it. Because I have been losing the coin toss too many times.
I have been putting in the surveys for months two things that I feel would be very positive improvements to Master Duel.
1. You should be able to up convert CP. Imagine if you could turn say 300 or even 1,000 Rare Crafting Points into 30 SR CP, and be able to do the same with 300-1000 SR CP to turn it into 30 UR CP.
2. The program needs legacy Playlists with historical card pools and Forbidden & limited lists where we can fulfill daily goals. They could just bring back the 2004 Time Wizard pool and rules as an alternative ladder, make it count towards dailies, and it would make a ton of players happy.
I really like both of these suggestions! I've said the same things with a friend of mine that a conversion system of some sort would be HUGE! Give us a use for the thousands of N and R dust we naturally accumulate and make things more accessible for the average player!
And as someone who started playing the game (and owned) the first Yugi and Kaiba structure decks irl, a place where it could feel like that again would go so hard for me in the nostalgia side of things!
I love master duel but I mostly play solo mode because I only use evil twins and I don't really want to just sit there waiting for my opponent to set up a 30 minute board
I feel you man, its just a much more chill setting.. I feel like Evil Twins can be somewhat meta though, no?
@TriixstarHD Evil Twins mixed with labyrinth could be really cool but I don't want to spend money just to get cards I want
@@tle_sasuke3223 I mean, I don't know how much ranked if you've tried to play, but early ranks are really easy and not super meta decks.. otherwise theres always things like the events :P
Unless there is a gem reward or some equivalent involved ppl will quickly surrender. Because yugioh is, at its core no longer fun to play. You have to bribe people to play essentially. My opinion.
I kinda feel you tbh, I personally wouldn't say that I don't have fun with it anymore, but it does feel a little too serious at times. Most decks these days are built to almost lock your opponent out of playing the game which is kinda of what breeds this relatively toxic format - and I think also why the events are typically more fun since people are willing to try new things most of the time. Can definitely see why you feel that way though!
@@TriixstarHD ye the festivals are usually a highlight now that they tailor the ban lists properly. And not only are the end boards usually impossible to break, save for some protagonists level hands/multiple interruptions (maybe 1 if your opponent has a bad hand/deck), but it also takes foreeeeeeeeeeeever to finish a turn. Shxt game fr fr. I only play for the gatcha pack openings
I agree,the rank is forced to play nd its frustrating nd i find hard to stay calm bcs of some ppl's attitude in duels specialy on plat 1 and diamond,when i play events i enjoy it nd its less stress.. cuz no max c nd it feels real yugioh nd give many gems ,this game still expensive specially that decks comes nd destroy previeuse decks mechanics in order to force u buy new trending decks
Happy to read that it's not just me that feels a bit more chill in an event setting! The "banlists" they often put in event's also help for sure. I'm already considering what to do when the new banlist comes and hits snake eyes again, might be a new deck is in order again xD Thanks for watching and the comment!
Master Duel hooks you by showing you all the cards and possibilities but constrains you to playing a meta deck by making the only option ranked mode. And when you finally put in hundreds of hours (or your credit card) into the game and create a meta deck you realize that you've only just began playing a mildly fun fighting game with horrible balancing.
Been saying this for about a yr now. As for casual mode, it should be dismantled and replaced with alternative formats, prob Goat and Eddison as formats where players can earn gems. Not everyone wants to play ranked or hyper competitive decks. Draft mode would be good too. Games dying out because ranked pvp is only way to earn gems consistently.
I 100% agree! Something less hyper competitive would be awesome for the game, and especially something outside of the events that you can consistently earn gems would be HUGE! I feel like that would also help curb the amount of players who feel they need to make new accounts to get the influx of early gems to make new decks as well!
I feel ya man, in the game i only have a very casual silent magician deck and a exosister deck for ranked, and that shit will only get me so far 😂
Yeah I can imagine! Have you considered trying to build a deck around maybe a 3x structure deck? I obviously don't know what your resources look like atm, but I've really enjoyed playing Salamangreat with the new support in the current selection pack - bonus that the Horus engine is super strong and could potentially pull parts of it from there 😅
@TriixstarHD only one that interests me was dragon maid tbh, never been a fan of using meta stuff for games and thats why i never get too good lmao, but for real tho out of all the decks ive fought salamangreat i always have had bad experiences cause they somehow always get a gazillion handtraps when i fight em, i hate that deck lol
You know what is incredibly frustrating to someone basically starting out, and playing master duel, is sitting there for 10 minutes while your opponent plays solitaire with themselves, and on their first turn has their whole extra deck summoned... Sitting there for 10 freaking minutes while they move all their cards around, discard every card, pull 5 more, chain them, link them. Oh my god, its so frustrating. I love the anime, the original, its all ive seen so far. I love the art work of the cards, but omg its not a fun game to play. When you have a duel with someone of your skill level it can be incredibly fun, but that's rare. So by all means, to those who like taking 10 damn minutes to pull all their cards, enjoy yourselves, this game isn't fun. I want to blame the users, but its Konami who put this BS in the game. I just want to have fun, I do not care if I lose, I want it to be somewhat competitive, but its not when I get steamrolled on their first turn. Brother in arms, i swear to you someone summoned 3 blue eyes dragons on my ass in one turn... and that's not even the worst thing...
It is incredibly frustrating, most decks are built to negate the other person from playing the game - combined with negating everything they do manage to put together and in that, to be "competitive" you are almost forced to do the same, or, go down the other route where you build a deck specifically to be anti-meta which of course in turn requires resources and stuff to do.. People have been saying that edison format in the game would help (like the old school format back from 2002) and I can definitely see how that would help for a few "oldies" who just wanna play the classic game
Yeah i think if they add another mode like Arena from hearthstone some kind of draft mode would be more all player friendly as well.
I've only made it to diamond 5 once, one time I got booted back down to plat because of a string of bricks then a unbreakable board on top of a brick. That really was not fun.
I created a swordsoul deck which became something of a crutch over my favorite stuff i enjoyed more but seemed to just not cut it(a fully set up furr hire deck bricked so often it wasnt funny).
My views on your points:
Single player aspect: Solo Mode is nice and i def wish they would have more more often but we have decades of single player yugioh games that you can always try. The only other single player aspect i could see working for master duel is the single player game's "puzzles" system where you are given a specific hand and actually attempt to break a board and win (sorta like solo but without the handholding)
Ranked Vs Casual issue:
Casuals issue boils down to players themselves not the game. I think the only way casual could be "fixed" would be banning the most player cards in ranked ladder.
Event discussion: events are "technically" always active to a degree in duel rooms
Pack / craft part: the game is very f2p friendly overall i mean the complaint about a secret packs feels weird? Newer cards that you might of missed i could understand complaining aboht such as you basically have to craft all the kashtira cards if you wanna play that currently as oppossed to "i need this generic card that does have a secret pack so i can either go into that pack and possibly get it or craft it" but besides that i say thank god secret packs and crafting exists at all imagine only having master packs and pulling from a pool of about 10k+ cards
The game is pay 2 win / patience 2 win:
This i somewhat get but you can easily get a good enough deck very very easily for the most part. There are mutliple structure decks including 1 that contains a deck that was meta back in the day(swordsoul) and you can easily get tons of gems via solo mode before ever even facing another living player and then you can get like 10k gems monthly via events, missions, rank ups, etc
Legacy packs: this one i basically hardcore agree with BUT with a single caveat of: you should not be able to dismantle a legacy card unless you specificlaly have more than 3 copies of one. Look at something such as blue-eyes which is in structure decks, legacy packs, and maybe even in a secret pack not entirely sure on that one of the top of my head. Point is its very easy to get multiple copies of some cards and it rewards the more longterm or grindy players since for the most part most legacy cards arent as cared for now apart from something like idk stealth kragen
I say all of this as someone who never touched any meta decks (at least when they were meta since i do technically have swordsoul after its fall from the top tiers) i mean I made it to master with red-eyes a deck most people think is useless. You could easily buy 3 salamangreat structure decks and craft a few ED cards and i think you have a really decent decklist that could def carry you up to diamond at the very least if you can pilot it.
At the end of the day i think if you focus on staples first and foremost such as your max cs, ash blossoms, evenly matched, imperms, droplets, nibirus. You will have an easier time making decks as the most generic parts of most decks will have been done then you move on to more generic extra deck staples such as IP / SP or whatever type of deck you like playing like baron for synchros or zeus for xyz
All of this would be solved if they had 1 or 2 more formats people could play for ranked rewards they need a goat, Edison, and draft format for ranked rewards
100% agreed! Konami would probably be real worried introducing these though as they know, nobody would be bothered to play anything else xD
I like playing Solo and play testing against AI decks.
I think Konami should make a hybrid game called Legacy Of The Duelist (Master Duel). All they need to do is copy and paste Master Duel's features and slap it onto The Legacy of the Duelist Link evolution's game, then update the card pool.
I would rather pay for an updated card pool yugioh game every year (like NBA 2k, Madden, Fifa etc.) Vs play Master Duel because I don't like how they cater to the OCG. There's no lane for the TCG or casual player. You can't even play solo using the TCG banlist. They don't support Legacy formats/alternative ways of playing.
I like glossy and royal finish cards. But I don't like how they won't let you dismantle cards from Legacy packs, Structure decks, promo cards, etc. Why are they forcing you to hold onto cards that you don't want and don't use? You should be able to dismantle royal finish to craft a royal finish card of your choosing.
I will put in the end of event survey that things need to change
I usually always do the same, of course being as honest as possible but some of the things in game have needed to change for a while for sure. Glad to see this morning they added a new solo gate with 200 gems at the end! Thanks for watching!
I'll be honest with you chief, most ranked ppl cycle between 2 ranks, so that's only 10 ranks per month, i am going to assume most climb at least 5 by simply doing the dailies, that's already 500+gems from ranked without putting much effort, and most of the gems income is concentrated in the dailies. I believe that's a good thing, you never feel you are missing out on anything when compared to those in higher leagues, everyone nearly earns the same amount of gems, isn't that relieving? you don't need to stress you don't need to mald to get a good gem income, everyone gets a good gem income as it is, and rank climbers get a small extra tidbit for their high stress efforts, it's a win-win imo
Oh I agree 100%! I also just sort of sit between gold and plat so I know what you mean for sure! Idk, for me personally I kinda just wish it wasn't as "forced" yano? Like right now for example, I "just" wanna do my dailies, if one of those dailies is "win a duel", I'd personally feel more comfortable in an event of some kinda instead of the more "stakes" in ranked.. dunno if that makes sense but, yeah, I guess I'm just a bit more relaxed in an event setting xD
@@TriixstarHD fair enough, I get your standing from watching the video, all I can say is as a gacha veteran, one ten pull a week is a gold standard for most games and I play ranked extremely chill not caring about winning or losing at all, it's hard to be like that but I hope in future if you ever feel rage or dissatisfaction, remember that one or two or even 10 game losses don't really matter, there is always a tomorrow and there isn't really a big reward to climb so there isn't even any rush. It will help you keep a more healthy mindset, hope you have a great day ahead
@@vivanmaurya I wish you the same friend! And yeah, I know technically nothing really rides on it, I guess my competitive-ness mixes with my anxiety sometimes, but I will definitely try to keep in my head that there's no difference in winning or losing, as long as the game is fun :D
some ..... is putting it nicely.
These were just the ones that were fresh on my mind at the time xD
Unfortunately learning decks in master duel is very hard to do I'd suggest once you build the deck in master duel just rebuild it on Dueling Nexus which is free to do since it is a simulator and it's a good way to learn the deck before playing it in Master Duel
Thanks for the tip! I hadn't heard of Dueling Nexus before but I'll definitely keep it in mind when I next need to practice a deck :D
@@TriixstarHD No Problem just a heads up for when you do watch out for Red-Eyes and Dark Magician deck players as they do have Dark Dragoon in their extra decks since the site allows banned cards to be played
as a content creator i find that going second even have to sit throu an annoyingly long turn is better because breaking seemingly unbreakable boards make for better content imo and it can be really satisfying
that being said
not everybody is a content creator
not every content creator is going to have that mind set
and not every deck is viable going second or has the capacity to break boards like that consistantly or at all in some cases
so i can see how people might get disenfranchised by how oppressive the game can be
thi game has an economy issue that is true but you can bypass it to some extent by building 1 deck you like and making that your main mine is unchained than branch out from there
what i do is i save 1000 gems and 30 super rare dust and craft 1 super rare from a pack that i have most if not all the cards i need from idealy a card that i have 3 coppies of this unlocks the pack buy 1000 gems worth of packs and break down all the ur and sr that you get doing this yo will get more then you put in and in matereals
also note that not all packs are created equal you want to choos a pack with a small overall quantity but higher than average ratio of ur and sr cards the old unchained and fireking pack happens to be one of them
hope this helps
Firstly, thank you for the very well formatted comment! and I agree with what you said, nothing better than being able to navigate around what the opponent believes to be is their best board and breaking it down!
I just wish I could "pick a deck and fully run with it" xD I often get sucked into the "I want ALL the decks" haha, however at the moment my favourite is probably Salamangreat which I don't find is THAT great going second xD
I'll definitely look into those packs, I know fire king support is coming soon and should be good as well, at the moment I'm usually using the branded secret pack when I "just need ur dust" if the collection pack available doesn't have anything I need - Unchained is also a really fun deck xD I used it in one of the recent events and is definitely on the "to build list" xD
I love swordsoul and returned after not playing for like a year or so, got up to plat 3 and built purrely but honestly this game just isn’t worth the time. Could I have crafted snake eyes and continue ranking up? Yes, But I’m not that type of player, I genuinely just like to have fun and this game from their tier system to the roach mini game is not.
Maxx C not being banned is a bit of a detriment for everyone, even as far as deck building. We are all pretty much forced to run multiple hand traps to potentially deal with it and thats not even mentioning how much Maxx C can basically just stop a link player in their tracks. That being said, I feel like maybe it serves as a necessary evil in that, if Maxx C exists, players do have to consider their play pattern - like, do you just play into the maxx c? do you do the bare minimum and stop your turn? the threat of maxx c being in everyones deck brings some layer to dueling like "can my deck handle being maxx c'd" etc - it is annoying for sure though, i can see where you're coming from.
Purrely is still pretty competitive isn't it? It was up there a couple months back iirc?
@@TriixstarHD it’s still competitively viable for sure, delicious is at 1 but you can still end on noir with draws / trap for 2x draws on 18+ non engine. I built it to push forward in plat, and built for locals to just play since the skill ceiling is relatively high. can’t be mad that more competitive ranks require competitive decks. Still not much of a fight against snake eyes. that’s my issue with the game. The top deck can be more powerful, I have no issue with that but they make it nearly untouchable when it plays at a pace 4-5 years ahead of everything else. SÉ isn’t the first to do it, look at zoo, then spyral, etc. one card xyz is a semi normal now with typhoon (tcg) and zeus / purrely but zoo was the only one to do it at its time. Same with link spam and spyral. If I get people scooping just by seeing a cat I can only imagine how many people scoop by seeing bonfire, me being one of them. Rather not waste my time watching a cutscene for 10 minutes as someone slaps down everything possible turn one that still has recursion / card advantage after interacting with. Just take the dub and move on up and play against mirrors.
As far as maxx c, the amount of games I’ve won by just having it resolve is telling. This is an “interactive” card game, no one should be scooping because they didn’t draw the out to maxx c and it never feels good playing into my opponents board with 20 cards in hand, super unfair coming from the perspective of benefiting from it (actually happened in wcq event and obviously I won even with sword soul on level 16) it doesn’t slow the game down because you either play into it and most likely lose because the card pool we have today is insanely powerful or you don’t play into it and lose because literally any deck can put enough damage on board to reduce you to 0 lp.
Zeus isn’t the best example of 1 card xyz but the power creep of using a xyz to overly onto another wasn’t a norm and still was done first with zoodiac
Will start with number one, number one MAXX "C" exists in the game lol
I mean, most of the hand traps are also based around maxx c is a thing, so you're definitely not wrong xD
You are playing the best deck wine wine
I understand how it looks, but I really don't WANT to play snake eyes, it's just the best deck so I wanted a version of it.. the points still hold with any deck though 😅
Im only her for the hot man.... :D haha just for fun great video my friend :)
I bankrupted 3 families to afford a hero playset.
I FEEL this! I remember losing to quite a few hero decks and thinking "damn, I would love to try a hero deck!" since I used to play heroes on my old DS games so the nostalgia also hit.. Then I saw how expensive it would be and the idea just sort of melted away haha xD
Hey i wanna say this all ranks below master have most of the player base playing stun amd meta im in gold and ive seen nothing but snake eyes, kash, and lab and its only getting worst
I am currently in gold right now as well, but have luckily dodged most of the "worst" decks, but hang in there, in gold at least losing means nothing so you can just keep retrying xD
@@TriixstarHD bro XD
What if we have a quota in our deck that enable us to put cards that we don't have. This way some expensive decks will be more accessible for f2p
Hmm.. I don't know how this would work in practice, it would have to come with some sort of downside I think if this was to be a thing in like, ranked.. However this could be great in like a duel room setting where if you wanna test out a deck before committing to it (duelling against a friend or something) you have the opportunity to use any cards you want whether you own them or not
It's a fair complaint if you're unable to get to actually learn your deck.
Tbf tho it's literally the most broken deck rn. Most people in ranks lower than Plat will scoop because whats the point when you're playing Toons and you're watching Snake Eyes go full combo? You know the games over right then and there.
I really feel both sides of this, it's never fun just watching any deck really go full combo - I remember the days not playing Snake Eyes and having to watch them/Tearlaments/Kashtira while they basically combo off trying to lock you out of being able to play the game. Although little did the people who scooped against me know, they probably would have won if they had just stayed in the game 🤣Even to this day, my combos and interruptions are.. um.. lackluster to say the least when playing Snake Eyes xD
I see the same issue
Hey, i know that feeling of not wanna play Ranked, even for the dailies. I just log in watch the daily and get my log-in gems. I dont bother even for Events anymore. And whem im farming a little bit on the last day of the events. I am a Casual Player and like to watch others play competitive. I play this Game on my Terms and go with the flow. New Cards for my Decks i try to get my Hands on. And even for the Cosmetics. I fucking Grinded for my Mokey Mokey Mate.
But in the End its Konamis Game and we know what they are like. So i guess take the best from it and dont bother with the rest. Lifes to short for that.
P.S. did you consider the Duel Rooms for Testing? Get some People and try out things in there.
I'm glad to read that it's not just me! I do my best to just go with it as well, but for me, I just feel like I'll see some cool deck or some cool card and be like "oh man, now I need to get that deck/card for myself" xD I guess a level of fomo comes into play with me on this game haha. I do use the duel rooms sometimes for testing, of course that hinges on my buddies availability and sometimes the impatience gets the better of me haha. Really healthy attitude to have though! I wish I could be the same and not get lost in the fomo of the game haha..
Thanks for watching and the super insightful comment!
No time to go into detail:
Pls compress the things you want to say a bit more,
6+ min to say "many ppl dont like to get stomped by the best decks or play them, but they have to for gems and we need an alternative"...
Noted. I'll do my best :D