I really dislike the secret pack system

[TheAbysswalker]

Yeah I get the fact the game is free to play and they need some way to entice people to spend money but I found myself needing a single card to finish off my deck today. Had the gems to purchase 10 packs, but I lost access to the pack. Had no crafting points for super or ultra rares to unlock the pack. I know I could dismantle other SRs and URs to get points but I really don't like to dig into my collection. Never know if I might need a card later. I really found myself stuck in a situation here.

In my opinion, I think it would be more enticing for people to spend money on gems if they had the ability to buy a pack at any time that they wanted. Konami please get rid of the timer on secret packs. It kind of sucks.

[Zoie Shales]

Yea, I see people making threads about why the packs vanished after a day, wondering if it's a bug, but it's intentional, I would have liked them to stick around.

[Raven]

Originally posted by TheAbysswalker:

Yeah I get the fact the game is free to play and they need some way to entice people to spend money but I found myself needing a single card to finish off my deck today. Had the gems to purchase 10 packs, but I lost access to the pack. Had no crafting points for super or ultra rares to unlock the pack. I know I could dismantle other SRs and URs to get points but I really don't like to dig into my collection. Never know if I might need a card later. I really found myself stuck in a situation here.

In my opinion, I think it would be more enticing for people to spend money on gems if they had the ability to buy a pack at any time that they wanted. Konami please get rid of the timer on secret packs. It kind of sucks.

I get why they do it the way they do, but I think it would probably be better for consumers (not for konami's side, which is the part they care about), would be fine to keep the "Secret packs" but allow users to unlock them for a sorta price. Like you can basically figure out what a gem conversion by rarity would be (I'm too lazy to do it myself atm), but once you figure that out, just make that a "down payment" to unlock the pack.

Edit: just to clarify, I am thinking its fine for the 24 hour access thing, but the crafting to get to them is harsh, especially as this game goes on in the future, that's too steep. If they make it have gem access always, at least then people won't ruin collections trying to unlock a new set or series.

[Grand Captain Speedy Dash]

I think it would be nice if after using a secret pack a couple of times it would be permanently available or maybe once you have a certain % of the cards of the pack. Also I personally think it should be 6 out of 8 cards are related to the pack instead of 50% of each pack being completely random.

[Phrasmotic]

Deck building is designed around the crafting system, so you really need to let go of your hoarder mentality to get the most of out of it.

[Papa Shekels]

I don't mind the secret packs system, but I don't like the limited aspect of it. I wish it was a permanent unlock but more difficult to get, like each SR/UR from it only unlocked a fragment and enough fragments would permanently unlock that pack. Or hell, have it be temporary, but there is some additional way of unlocking it permanently when you have that temporary one, like open enough packs or unlock it enough times. Imo it just makes me feel like I shouldn't be opening packs unless I have enough to go on a full shopping spree, especially when you can get that guaranteed UR in the next 10 pulls if you don't get any in the first 10 pulls

[MoonlitDNC]

> If you pull from a Secret Pack 1 per 24h, does the timer reset?

I hate to say it, but if you wanna stay exclusively F2P, you WILL have to start disassembling some of the SRs and URs. Duel Links lets you pull from the specific pack you want, and it's taken me a whole year of playing over there to get a majority of the good staples I have. I got practically everything I wanted within the first few days on Master Duel with careful planning.

Dusting your collection definitely runs counter to my "hoard all of the Mega Elixers to the end" mentality I usually have, but it's not gonna work here. I... sort of think it's for the best - if you're the sort to have good patience and planning.

....but never forget for a second, F2P games PREY on your impatience. Konami is purposely digging at you on a psychological level, wanting you to try and hoard everything to get you to spend more. Sadly the only way around it i to grab Link Evolution for $16 while it's on sale, or move to a private app.