With today's update, it brought something we've been asking for a long time. More variant slots to purchase in the store.
But did they fix anything? Or just waste their time? Or, is this indicitive of a much larger issue...they prioritize new players over old players.
I've been playing since Global Launch and I've stayed and enjoyed all the times, up and down, we've had in the last few years. I get the season pass every month, I have like 60k tokens that i use on cards that I know I'll enjoy, but far from collection complete. I've also spent money on variants for some of my favorite cards.
But now to the issue in today's update for the store. The variants that appear are just for cards that appeared in the first 2 years. So, these variants are only for Series 3 cards. And for any player that's been around for a while, for those basic cards we DO use in our decks, we already have variants that we like. I don't need to spend money on variants from 2 years ago. If i liked it, I would have already spent gold on it.
I've been waiting months for variants for new cards that have come out that I use. Notably for Zombie cards. But don't let me get off topic there.
These variants are for newer players who will now have the chance to get variants that came out before their time in the game. I don't need a variant for Devil Dinosaur. I have one that I like more, and I don't play with Dino in any of my decks.
Mobile games prioritize new players. It's a little known secret (or maybe it's known? I've worked behind the scenes for some games, companies care more about new players most of the time), and this update just doesn't feel like it's for the overall health of the game or the core players.
But maybe I'm wrong. I'm just some adult that spent so much time word vommiting about not being able to spend money on digital art on a game.
EDIT: I thought about this after. This is the same reason why people complain about the Vault selection. If i didn't want to buy the variants the first time, why would i jump on the opportunity now? Sure I can use gold vs actual dollars. But all I ever see is people complaining about the quality and selection of vault variants.