classic mode

[Illegal immigrant with knife]

Are you also annoyed by constantly playing against meta decks that take 10 minutes per turn? How about a classic mode in which only cards up to a certain expansion are allowed? For example, everything up to Battlecity or GX, where the game didn't consist of canceling everything and summoning 10 monsters in one turn.
Heartstone also has a mode like this, what's stopping Konami from adding it?

[76561199378662608]

Simple it's themselves. Imo they don't do it because they don't want to do it even if your suggestion will make more people play the game and making them more money.

[76561199543893354]

It would be too sensible and logical.

[Merilirem]

They just don't seem to want to support this client properly. If they did we would have all sorts of features like everyone else does. Things like drafting to burn through the losers free gems. Alternate formats to keep people in the game. Tournament modes supported by the system to allow for both community and Konami hosted events.

They probably don't even understand how to run a game like this. I mean look how lackluster the TCG is.

[HeraldOfOpera]

We know the code exists, because it was already used for an event. This is just Konami's usual failure to understand literally anything.

[Merilirem]

Originally posted by HeraldOfOpera:

We know the code exists, because it was already used for an event. This is just Konami's usual failure to understand literally anything.

Yeah this. They just don't have any idea what they are doing. The 2004 format was cool and yet...

[dabestgamer]

Certainly, they could stand to add more such modes.

But whether you can expect players not to gravitate towards cards/Decks that dominate against others despite the change in cardpool... that's another conversation altogether.

[Jumbopfandbrief]

Originally posted by dabestgamer:

But whether you can expect players not to gravitate towards cards/Decks that dominate against others despite the change in cardpool... that's another conversation altogether.

Of course they will. Which is why one single "classic mode", be it 2004, 2010 or whatever, is, while desirable, not the solution. The solution is variation. The mode would change every week or at least every month. Not necessarily would the cardpool only be restricted by historic standards. There are millions and billions of possible cardpool restrictions, and each would lead to different decks being the best ones.

Also, this would be possible to monetize for Konami, because there are URs in all possible cardpools and people would be forced to pull for them, if they want the best deck all the time.

Why this is not being done is only explainable by risk aversion. Apparently the present monetization model -- printing cards with more and more outrageous effects and protections -- still works, there is this bunch of people who pour in 15-20k gems into the latest selection pack every month.

We shall see how long they can keep doing this. It wont be forever, because with this accelerating power creep, the game becomes more and more degenerate.

[Darius]

+1 to a classic mode

[Konachibi]

I suggested a similar idea to them once in a survey last year. At the very least, we could have two types of ranked mode, normal ranked, and rogue ranked. Rogue ranked would be one where all non-meta decks could play, and they could probably ban troublesome cards from it too like maxx c, ash etc.
That way, everyone playing snake eyes and yubel can all frustrate themselves in ranked mode, while everyone else that just wants to have fun with fun decks, without constantly being floodgated and sitting through 20+ minute combos can all play rogue ranked. I have so many fun pet decks like madolche, solfachord, trickstar, p.u.n.k and even red-eyes that simply can't be used in ranked due to the state of the modern format, so a rogue ranked mode that doesn't allow the modern format would be ideal.

[G3]

Originally posted by dabestgamer:

Certainly, they could stand to add more such modes.

But whether you can expect players not to gravitate towards cards/Decks that dominate against others despite the change in cardpool... that's another conversation altogether.

We got complaints in N/R format for everyone playing Infinitracks and other decks. We'll get complaints about Chaos/DAD/Tengu Plants/D.Rulers/PePe/Zoo/Gouki/Orcusts again based on whatever era we get.

[PotatoSkins]

I would reinstall the game today and start playing again if they permanently added a classic mode. Trying to follow meta packs and play strategies is too exhausting for a game I'm supposed to be playing for fun.

[Merilirem]

Originally posted by G3:

Originally posted by dabestgamer:

Certainly, they could stand to add more such modes.

But whether you can expect players not to gravitate towards cards/Decks that dominate against others despite the change in cardpool... that's another conversation altogether.

We got complaints in N/R format for everyone playing Infinitracks and other decks. We'll get complaints about Chaos/DAD/Tengu Plants/D.Rulers/PePe/Zoo/Gouki/Orcusts again based on whatever era we get.

There will always be complains, but that isn't a bad thing. Its about how much people complain. If everyone is complaining something is wrong. If 1 in 10 people is complaining something is wrong but less so. If 1 in 1000000 people complain its not a problem.

[Akemua]

Originally posted by PotatoSkins:

I would reinstall the game today and start playing again if they permanently added a classic mode. Trying to follow meta packs and play strategies is too exhausting for a game I'm supposed to be playing for fun.

At least argue you don't care for the current era of YGO meta, because if you don't think ye olde YGO didn't have meta's, and repetitive and exhausting meta's at that, you aint ever played ye olde YGO competitively.

[Merilirem]

Originally posted by Akemua:

Originally posted by PotatoSkins:

I would reinstall the game today and start playing again if they permanently added a classic mode. Trying to follow meta packs and play strategies is too exhausting for a game I'm supposed to be playing for fun.

At least argue you don't care for the current era of YGO meta, because if you don't think ye olde YGO didn't have meta, and repetitive and exhausting meta's at that, you aint ever played ye olde YGO competitively.

I think the main issue they have would be solved by stagnation. You don't need to follow the Goat Meta. Its already solved with only minor variations and new mixes.

[Tunnel Sharks Rule!!!]

If you want alternative game mdoes you're gonna have to convince KONAMI it'll be profitable to make them