Pokémon TCG Pocket simply made its most loyal gamers very, very upset

Pokémon TCG Pocket’s launch final yr was an enormous success for the Pokémon Firm, with tens of millions of gamers worldwide downloading and spending cash on the sport. Nevertheless, it appears the sport has hit a snag with gamers after its latest replace, which lastly launched buying and selling.

The sport’s new buying and selling system has not been acquired properly by gamers, with some saying it’s too convoluted and has too many necessities and restrictions. In response to the backlash, the Pokémon TCG Pocket growth staff launched a press release thanking gamers for his or her suggestions and promising to analyze their issues.

“We perceive a number of the restrictions put in place are stopping gamers from having the ability to casually benefit from the function as supposed. We’re actively investigating methods to enhance the function to handle these issues. Going ahead, we additionally plan to supply a number of methods to acquire commerce tokens together with by means of occasion distributions,” the corporate stated in a press launch.

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What went unsuitable with buying and selling in Pokemon TCG?

Gamers consider the system is simply too restrictive and complicated

The commerce system launched to the sport limits the function in a number of alternative ways. First, solely playing cards with the identical rarity stage might be traded. Second, solely playing cards with a rarity between 1 and 4 diamonds in addition to 1-star playing cards are eligible to be traded.

An in-game foreign money can also be required to provoke a commerce, often known as a Commerce Token, which might be gained by trashing playing cards you do not want. Buying and selling additionally makes use of stamina, which is regained by utilizing a Commerce Hourglass, which you may get a mission reward. The Pokémon TCG devs stated the buying and selling options was “designed to forestall abuse from bots.” Gamers on Reddit have been fast to criticize the function.

The precise resolution to this buying and selling fiasco is unsure. One participant thinks a stage cap for buying and selling can be a greater resolution than Commerce Tokens. Nevertheless, some consider the tokens are right here to remain as an incentive to purchase card packs. The builders must tread rigorously to please gamers who’re clearly aggravated at a complicated system.

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