Matchmaking is really unbalanced

[LaskaMan]

Maybe it is just I started playing this too late or there is too much of a "pay to win"
in the game?
I enjoy the atmosphere and all the little details and variety. But almost everyone I get matched with has much more powerful cards more complete decks.
I only started a little over a month ago.
Without better matchmaking I will probably always be behind (unless I want to spend $500 on the game?

[Radolf Hortler (Real F2P)]

Either you invest more time but no money to build a decent deck

or

spend no time but more money to build a decent deck

time or money

[CosmicXion]

This is one of the most generous CCGs out there, you don't need to pay anything to play on the top ranks, just invest some time and you'll be able to craft every meta deck.

[Darth Joules]

Originally posted by LaskaMan:

Maybe it is just I started playing this too late or there is too much of a "pay to win"
in the game?
I enjoy the atmosphere and all the little details and variety. But almost everyone I get matched with has much more powerful cards more complete decks.
I only started a little over a month ago.
Without better matchmaking I will probably always be behind (unless I want to spend $500 on the game?

What rank are you? Because there are certain points on the ladder where it starts to get noticeably more and more difficult. It best to invest into one faction first and make it strong before investing into other factions. It's possible to get to Pro Rank within 2-3 months without spend a single penny on the game.

[Dr. Manhattan]

I stayed on monsters and got to rank 17 with my basic deck.
By then I had opened over 100 monster kegs and had a good monster deck to work with.

Now Im bored of monsters so I milled every card I owned except my good monster deck, in hopes of making a good NG deck also.
It still sucks but I made a full themed deck that way and its still missing a few key cards I cant afford.
So that is basically the first deck Ive tried to make from scratch and its not complete.
Maybe if I had bought some NG kegs it would have helped but then my monster deck would still suck so...
It is a grind for sure.

Another method people use is to forfeit every round until you level up and gain more cards that way, that is if you are good with self loathing.

[Dr. Manhattan]

Originally posted by LaskaMan:

Maybe it is just I started playing this too late or there is too much of a "pay to win"
in the game?
I enjoy the atmosphere and all the little details and variety. But almost everyone I get matched with has much more powerful cards more complete decks.
I only started a little over a month ago.
Without better matchmaking I will probably always be behind (unless I want to spend $500 on the game?

What we all are experiencing in the early ranks is absolutely a pay to win opponent (possibly AI) opponents.
My question is how are those folks still all hanging out in the early ranks harassing new players if they are always winning with strong and complete decks?

2 options come to mind;
1 There are new players buying decks every day (ptw) and are pros at making decks
2 The players at the beginning are over powered AI decks and designed to introduce a grinding challenge

[|>_|3lade]

There is no need to spend any money. Grinding a bit and you can already built quite a strong deck. I recommend to play the Draft Mode. There it does not matter what cards you have, because you get them assigned to you. And if you manage to win 6-7 times in a row, you get some free gold cards. (Otherwise some kegs which are also nice).

So it all boils down to skill and luck in drawing your cards

[Devoras]

It's not always the decks, I have noticed the matchmaking is a bit strange. Basically it seems to switch every day, one day you will be put up against people who, quite frankly, are borderline cheating by exploiting broken mechanics and the world would be a better place if they were all banned. Then the next day you'll be put up against opponents that you absolutely decimate, to the point where you'll probably feel bad for them. If you're having a bad day, just quit and come back the next day and only play when you're on a weak opponent day.

Also make sure if you're starting out that you're only playing ranked mode, the training mode is ironically the hardest mode, almost everyone is using broken decks in the training mode.

[Cricketorix]

Cause Nilfgaard. Delete it CDPR and the game wil lbe great

[Råb!d]

Originally posted by |>_|3lade:

There is no need to spend any money. Grinding a bit and you can already built quite a strong deck. I recommend to play the Draft Mode. There it does not matter what cards you have, because you get them assigned to you. And if you manage to win 6-7 times in a row, you get some free gold cards. (Otherwise some kegs which are also nice).

So it all boils down to skill and luck in drawing your cards

Yep, Blade's right.

You get kegs like crazy. I've got over 300 and no need to ever open them.

[rosenofen]

Originally posted by Råb!d:

Originally posted by |>_|3lade:

There is no need to spend any money. Grinding a bit and you can already built quite a strong deck. I recommend to play the Draft Mode. There it does not matter what cards you have, because you get them assigned to you. And if you manage to win 6-7 times in a row, you get some free gold cards. (Otherwise some kegs which are also nice).

So it all boils down to skill and luck in drawing your cards

Yep, Blade's right.

You get kegs like crazy. I've got over 300 and no need to ever open them.

For sure :-))))))))))))))))))))) 300 and no need to open them...

[Darth Joules]

Originally posted by rosenofen:

Originally posted by Råb!d:

Yep, Blade's right.

You get kegs like crazy. I've got over 300 and no need to ever open them.

For sure :-))))))))))))))))))))) 300 and no need to open them...

Some people save kegs before they reach a particular Prestige level like Prestige 1 or Prestige 5 and then open them all when they do.

[Alun1]

Originally posted by rosenofen:

Originally posted by Råb!d:

Yep, Blade's right.

You get kegs like crazy. I've got over 300 and no need to ever open them.

For sure :-))))))))))))))))))))) 300 and no need to open them...

draft mode works differently than the standard collection. you don't need to own the cards to use them in draft.

how it works is you are presented with 3 or 4 options of card sets, each has 3 cards. you pick through the options to build the deck.

you can play draft without ever opening a single keg.

[Drecx]

These types of decks with people one shotting everything and constantly playing your cards and messing with your deck almost give me anxiety lol i can hardly play anymore because it's unpleasant

[Oldskool]

Or you are just that bad at the game.

[Råb!d]

*and 90,000 gold, etc.....

Zero keys.