Should I start spending money in this game?

[Chaos 混沌 カオス]

And why is the answer no?

And why have YOU spent your hard-earned money on this game in spite of the answer being no?

[ras1710]

i'm a soulless shill who needed to build tearlaments.

[Paulodigital777]

Well next event you may just face tearlament, a tier 0 deck, so may need to remove the f2p gloves

[German Economy]

I spent money because i like building different kinds of decks, just for variety and the game was still playable when i started, there were still the meta decks but they were kind of beatable, annoying to face when they come in herds but not nearly as bad as it is now

I wouldnt recommend it now, the meta has just become too ridiculous and you can barely play anything anyway, people can play their entire deck and still have handtraps to not let you play at all unless your deck has enough cards to start your combo and your combo has to guarantee you multiple strong monsters with effects, at least 90% of the cards are pretty much useless against a top tier deck

Yugioh just has the problem that you have no limit in what you can do in a single turn, you can pretty much play your entire deck and there is little the opponent can do against it

I stopped playing this game and started playing legends of runeterra, which i enjoy a lot.
It is basically league of legends heartstone, where you get mana per round and you can only use so many cards per turn, allowing for better back and forth in game where both players get to play, instead of watching one guy play their deck for 20 minutes and then surrender anyway because his board is too stupid

Whats also nice is that legends of runeterra is a online card game, meaning that too op cards can still be nerfed after they released, or weak cards get buffed so they are still viable years later, big plus for me

[Yerc2]

I think it depends on what you're looking to get out of the game.

I personally haven't spent money because I like having something to strive for-
Cards to create, mechanics to try out. Making weird or inconsistent things work.

And I dislike stuff like following the same pattern each duel to increase my win rate.
So if I were to spend money to get the best cards, and focus solely on winning, I would become bored with the game, and burn out from it.

I guess if someone would rather avoid interactive gameplay, or aim to have the highest win-rate possible, it might be in their interest to continually purchase the strongest cards available and stick to those decks.

[Astrallight]

Played this game for 8 months and got 10 decks now without spending a single €

My only reason for not spending money is gem packs are too overpriced compared to what you get. What you can get after spending 70€ you can get after playing this game for free for one month. Even faster if an event is active. And then you can end up getting scammed when you pull your packs multiple times if you are unlucky and it will force you to spend even more money to get the rest.

[Cinnamoon_dragon]

I will never spend more than 15 - 20 dollars on virtual goodies in any game.
Approximately this amount will not allow me to be too disappointed if the developers stop supporting their creation and close the servers (typically after the announcement of a new game).

[AdrianoKing]

you can get everything you'd ever want by playing the game.
by doing so you can reach the same heights a p2w can reach and even better because you will know the game better.

[Fliqpy]

Originally posted by Chaos 混沌 カオス:

And why is the answer no?

And why have YOU spent your hard-earned money on this game in spite of the answer being no?

Nope. Game is free and you should never give Konami your money. This game has poor balance. The simulator itself is good but the game is run terribly. MTG runs their game better than this and that's saying a lot.

[HeraldOfOpera]

Originally posted by cluxx:

The simulator itself is good but the game is run terribly.

I've talked about "stupid rule applied correctly" for things that look like bugs but aren't, but I'd never thought to apply it to the entirety of Yugioh.

[Knud den Store 🧙‍♂]

Originally posted by Chaos 混沌 カオス:

And why is the answer no?

And why have YOU spent your hard-earned money on this game in spite of the answer being no?

...
Depends.
I already spent money on the IRL game and up to $1,000 USD overtime which is nothing compared to how much it cost overtime to play competitive and I feel that after Master Duel I have got every penny out of my time playing YGO, I even got 1st Edition Necrovalley cards that apparently are worth more now.

Now I have stated that Konami needs to put a starter bundle on steam that includes Gems PLUS something additional, like an exclusive mate and duel field. Paying for just gems always feels wrong, I always like it better when the in-game currency includes something exclusive, like even paying for v-bucks is wrong (They had a crossover with Doom Eternal, I am not made out of stone).

[draconicepic]

As someone who has spent about $200 on the game, I have extremely mixed feeling about the choice. On one hand, I feel that I've at least gotten $200 of time played. That being said, I can't say all of those hours played were pleasant ones. The game is exceptional painful to play at times due to connection issues, poor ban lists, and general frustration with how packs are done. At this point I can say for certain: I done spending any more on this game and I'm certain not recommending it to beginners. Master Duel is pretty much a brick wall to new players.

[ChaosBahamut]

I haven't spent a cent since the bot epidemic, and I've vowed I wouldn't until the bots were taken care of in a manner I deemed satisfactory.

That has yet to happen.

(even still, managed to construct some pretty solid decks; and get enough gems to get that 3000 Gem Anniversary bundle)

[Chaos 混沌 カオス]

Originally posted by draconicepic:

As someone who has spent about $200 on the game, I have extremely mixed feeling about the choice. On one hand, I feel that I've at least gotten $200 of time played. That being said, I can't say all of those hours played were pleasant ones. The game is exceptional painful to play at times due to connection issues, poor ban lists, and general frustration with how packs are done. At this point I can say for certain: I done spending any more on this game and I'm certain not recommending it to beginners. Master Duel is pretty much a brick wall to new players.

If it makes you feel better, I'm the guy that spent over 370k NT on Rockman X DiVE. Roughly 14k USD.

[Aerond]

Maybe if they decided to create some new good techs and bosses for Deskbots. lol

[Aerond]

Originally posted by Chaos 混沌 カオス:

Originally posted by draconicepic:

As someone who has spent about $200 on the game, I have extremely mixed feeling about the choice. On one hand, I feel that I've at least gotten $200 of time played. That being said, I can't say all of those hours played were pleasant ones. The game is exceptional painful to play at times due to connection issues, poor ban lists, and general frustration with how packs are done. At this point I can say for certain: I done spending any more on this game and I'm certain not recommending it to beginners. Master Duel is pretty much a brick wall to new players.

If it makes you feel better, I'm the guy that spent over 370k NT on Rockman X DiVE. Roughly 14k USD.

So, you like, owning a private server or something?