Card acquisition - targeting cards
I'm sure more people have pitched this idea, or potentially even better ones. But my mind is stuck on the "why don't they just do this instead" thought. Correct me if I'm stupid.
I'm a returning Snap player. Played the first 1,5 year of Snap. Then last months noticed some friends who still play this and got excited to play it again. Missing many of the current meta cards and can't build most decks, but having fun.
Card acquisition system is now way better and much more generous than it was early on. Not complaining about that.
Just have thoughts on allowing players to target purchase a card. Watching YT vids on decks, and my friends recommending me cards, I've noted down a few that would improve my decks a lot. But I've been completely unable to buy any of them for 2 months of playing now, as they refuse to rotate into my card store for 6k tokens.
My suggestion: just allow us to go into that screen of unowned cards and have us buy the cards for 6k from there.
It'd be a solution that would make the game 1000 times more accessible to new and returning players, as it would let us actively work towards building a competitive deck. Also it wouldn't at all change or impact the game economy, as they're already offering the option to buy them for 6k tokens. We should just be able to do so without waiting endlessly. Get us building decks and actively be excited instead of waiting on random rotation that could take months.
I myself for example have 114 unowned S5 cards in the collector's pack. The cards highlight for the 6k purchase is completely random, having shown several bad cards multiple times. I'm a returning player that's literally sitting on 20k tokens waiting to buy the cards i want, and the thought of quitting Snap again only fueled by the fact i can't meaningfully spend my tokens.
Enjoying the game, winning matches with the cards i have (I'm in infinite and won an infinity conquest). The current rate of card acquisition seems fine to me, better than it's ever been. Just allow us new and returning players a way to realistically work towards building competitive decks we want to try.