Is this game dead?

[Why not me]

i own the game and planning to buy all dlc on the next sale, but i won't waste my money over a dead game. Judging by average player counted in steam community hub, it's just 300's players mostly that is playing this game. Can someone enlighten me why this game has small community yet this game is addicting af?

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no?

[F IAaP n]

It's not that big of a community, but the devs keep the game alive by adding new content rather regularly.
If you have friends, you're golden; if not – there's always public lobbies.

[Why not me]

i bought 1 copy for my friend and he didn't seems like it, too bad for me i'm all alone.

[Super Giant Ninja Yeti]

I think 300 is kinda a lot considering each match is 4 players max.

[CarThief]

It doesn't seem THAT dead, if you're not picky what crowd you play with, and if you like playing Versus. As there's a lot of grindy folk out there who don't really play as much as they just quietly grind. And as others mentioned, co-op is fairly dead-ish (and what part isn't dead might as well be, as it's full of mindless, quiet XP grinders).

So if you're looking to make this a social game, uh... Maybe find some friends in OJ to play regularly with, as public lobbies are not a reliable source of amusement if you want to chat as you play, with all the grinders out there (and most players having secluded themselves with a friend or two in private lobbies).
(Where the private lobbies outnumber public ones two to one, sometimes THREE to one!)

But if you just want to kill time and progress by unlocking more cosmetics (or grind a eternity for co-op XP), then the game should do just fine for you.

Or that's how i ussually experience it. Could be different for others. Though i prefer an actual chatty lobby, otherwise it's like i'm playing against (slightly smarter) CPU bots, and what's the fun in that?

In short, if you want social play: it's kinda half-dead, go find friends. If you don't care about that: it's plenty alive on Versus, and mostly dead on Co-Op (unless all you wanna do is grind XP quietly, plenty of lobbies for that).

[Why not me]

should i buy all of the dlcs?

i played few mins and so many players crush my avatar just because i only have 3 hp at max lol, i was so pissed because i just bought the game without knowing most of dlcs is the best way to deal with ppl and some pay to win aspect in this game.

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you know you can change your character in the preparation phase right
marc is all you need
well same with any other character in base game

[Why not me]

Originally posted by super hacka:

you know you can change your character in the preparation phase right
marc is all you need
well same with any other character

what can i change if i only have nothing but one starter character? that question led me to this

Originally posted by Gunzalova:

should i buy all of the dlcs?

i played few mins and so many players crush my avatar just because i only have 3 hp at max lol, i was so pissed because i just bought the game without knowing most of dlcs is the best way to deal with ppl and some pay to win aspect in this game.

i have one, his name is kai i guess ....

[CarThief]

Oh, 3 HP max? Where you playing Peat? You can switch characters you want to play, you know?
When building your deck, you can click on your character to swap it to another character, you don't have to play the one it suggests or shows by default.

Besides the card packs, there's no "pay to win" though. Most DLC's are on par, or worse then the starter characters (and some non-DLC characters may as well be God-Tier). They're often more gimmicky, slightly worse at winning, but offer fun and different/unique playstyles.
And the Bonus characters are often the worst type of characters when you want to win.

So no worries there. Although it would be helpful to get the card packs, especially the Mixed and the Accelleration packs. The Pudding pack is also helpful to have, but it's not as great as the other two.

As for DLC characters again... Just pick the ones whose playstyle seems fun to you! Just a tip: as good as Star Breaker looks, her "can only pick Wins" passive RUINS her, she doesn't win much at all unless she's very lucky.

[Vapor Dosh]

Buying character DLCs is just for spicing it up, they're not P2W. They're mostly centered around gimmicks that make playing as them different, but you can just stick to base game characters if you want to win matches.

Originally posted by Gunzalova:

what can i change if i only have nothing but one starter character? that question led me to this
i have one, his name is kai i guess ....

Non-DLC characters are usually unlocked by playing the campaign. If you really don't want to play it, you have the option of unlocking them with the "portal" in the shop for oranges.

[Why not me]

Originally posted by CarThief:

Oh, 3 HP max? Where you playing Peat? You can switch characters you want to play, you know?
When building your deck, you can click on your character to swap it to another character, you don't have to play the one it suggests or shows by default.

Besides the card packs, there's no "pay to win" though. Most DLC's are on par, or worse then the starter characters (and some non-DLC characters may as well be God-Tier). They're often more gimmicky, slightly worse at winning, but offer fun and different/unique playstyles.
And the Bonus characters are often the worst type of characters when you want to win.

So no worries there. Although it would be helpful to get the card packs, especially the Mixed and the Accelleration packs. The Pudding pack is also helpful to have, but it's not as great as the other two.

As for DLC characters again... Just pick the ones whose playstyle seems fun to you! Just a tip: as good as Star Breaker looks, her "can only pick Wins" passive RUINS her, she doesn't win much at all unless she's very lucky.

Thanks for the tips, now i fairly know what should i do to get around this game.

[Why not me]

Originally posted by Vapor Dosh:

Buying character DLCs is just for spicing it up, they're not P2W. They're mostly centered around gimmicks that make playing as them different, but you can just stick to base game characters if you want to win matches.

Originally posted by Gunzalova:

what can i change if i only have nothing but one starter character? that question led me to this
i have one, his name is kai i guess ....

Non-DLC characters are usually unlocked by playing the campaign. If you really don't want to play it, you have the option of unlocking them with the "portal" in the shop for oranges.

The campaign only end in one battle is it? i lost to one loli girl and became a no 2 at the battle, and the campaign seems ends there.

[CarThief]

Don't you always have acces to all 4 starter characters when selecting a character online? Oh well.

Two options to get more characters:
1> Play the campaign. (If it bores/frustrates you, you can play it on Casual difficulty, you can also accellerate game speed in singleplayer by pressing and holding L-Shift and/or L-CTRL, holding both is even faster!)

2> Spend 100 oranges on the purple Warp tile thing in the Store. It will give you a random character you didn't unlock yet.

Option 1 is a good way to get some stars. And also characters, and boards for free. (Though accellerating the game speed reduces any currencies you get, like stars, or event currencies like Candy.)
Option 2 is a great way to unlock those pesky remaining characters without doing all the campaign stuff.

[Why not me]

Originally posted by Gunzalova:

Originally posted by CarThief:

Don't you always have acces to all 4 starter characters when selecting a character online? Oh well.

Two options to get more characters:
1> Play the campaign. (If it bores/frustrates you, you can play it on Casual difficulty, you can also accellerate game speed in singleplayer by pressing and holding L-Shift and/or L-CTRL, holding both is even faster!)

2> Spend 100 oranges on the purple Warp tile thing in the Store. It will give you a random character you didn't unlock yet.

Option 1 is a good way to get some stars. And also characters, and boards for free. (Though accellerating the game speed reduces any currencies you get, like stars, or event currencies like Candy.)
Option 2 is a great way to unlock those pesky remaining characters without doing all the campaign stuff.

i don't know about the rest of 3 characters until u told me

[mimizukari]

why do you think it's dead? I never have an issue filling up a server within 30 mins of starting.