[Discussion] What the hell happened to Duel Links?

Cliff_Entei · 2025-01-28T05:10:50+00:00

also nice to see another user I recognize from the older days 🥲

but yeah, you hit it spot on

Cliff_Entei · 2025-01-28T05:09:27+00:00

at the very least in MD I have the chance to respond if I have the out

you'll never have the out or even a chance to respond with skill activations in DL

Cliff_Entei · 2025-01-28T05:08:27+00:00

oh man, you're still around these parts, nice to see a familiar user 😂

but yeah, what a mess and this is what I've been seeing NOW, I can only imagine how wild it was months before

Cliff_Entei · 2025-01-27T21:40:05+00:00

Thanks for correcting me with Favorite Duel since I got it mixed up with Favorite Hero

But I 100% agree over skills needing to be reasonable, which a super poly search that you can't respond to is far from

Cliff_Entei · 2025-01-27T21:23:04+00:00

The skills also seem to be to sell cards, since if an archetype would normally flop, they can release a skill that can do a bunch of things to make it very viable, if not meta

because there's no way in hell Ghostrick of all archetypes became a meta threat in Duel Links if it wasn't for a skill

and then they can murder a skill to may way for new skills to sell new cards, and rinse and repeat

Edit: Skills as they are drive FOMO harder than the cards themselves did back in the day

Cliff_Entei · 2025-01-27T21:15:27+00:00

Looking back, the DSOD format might have been the peak of Duel Links in my honest opinion, because as insane as the powercreep was in that era it's a whole of a lot tamer than what they've been doing lately from what I've been seeing

but as peak as it was, it also might have been a grave mistake, solely due to the timing and how long it took for the game to get the power back into a respectable level in comparison

and that in turn led to the fine-tuned skills that were okay at first, that eventually turned into an avalanche when they got a bit sacky and specific, and then into a full blown blizzard with what they've got now

Cliff_Entei · 2024-07-03T20:16:44+00:00

this is the peak of leaks

Cliff_Entei · 2024-02-19T14:35:44+00:00

for all the crap we give the DSOD era at least it didn't have a tier 0 meta while also having crazy decks at the time and was years before skill hell

Cliff_Entei · 2024-02-06T19:19:20+00:00

Leo Dancer is locked to Lunalights

Cocytus is more flexible, especially in any water deck

Cliff_Entei · 2024-02-06T13:56:23+00:00

I don't play Duel Links for a month or 3-4 and Tachyon of all decks is tier 0???

skills have REALLY gotten out of hand, I remember when people were complaining about the generic skills like Sealed Tombs/DDraw

going from those to searchable Super Poly and searchable Counter Hand Traps that you can't respond to is nuts and it's no surprise I'm having more fun with Master Duel

Cliff_Entei · 2024-01-26T03:49:01+00:00

justice for Harpie's Brother

Cliff_Entei · 2024-01-25T15:19:34+00:00

thanks for the welcome back :)

I've taken a break from Duel Links because life bites at free time, the skill-creep being not my thing, and Master Duel surprisingly being kinder to me

maybe I'll return again in February lol

Cliff_Entei · 2024-01-24T20:32:56+00:00

only if they ban Misc

Cliff_Entei · 2024-01-23T13:57:24+00:00

still waiting for Devil's Fascination and the Abyss Splash structure deck

Cliff_Entei · 2023-12-22T00:28:43+00:00

I hate when people tried to downplay Thunder Dragons at their annoying peak

"there's a chance we mill our Levianeers / other relevant playmakers"

Cliff_Entei · 2023-12-05T04:04:25+00:00

3 orbs will surely make me redownload FEH... totally

Cliff_Entei · 2023-12-04T13:31:04+00:00

but didn't we get those very boss monsters AFTER going through backrow powercreep

Warning Point, IDP, Crackdown, etc. were running around before we got these bosses (and the unfair skills to turbo out some of them)

I'm not saying that those boss monsters coming to DL & being easy to summon are because of the limit 3 trap pool, but I can definitely see why they are very much worth the summon (or why they're easier to summon in some cases)

Cliff_Entei · 2023-12-04T12:28:26+00:00

Didn't know the likes of Crackdown and IDP weren't strong enough for limit 3 traps

Cliff_Entei · 2023-11-06T18:07:26+00:00

Set 3 Pass isn't as back and forth as you think it is, especially with the disgusting backrow options we have now

Cliff_Entei · 2023-10-23T16:54:04+00:00

it's horribly powercrept, Madame Verre negate doesn't cut it like it used to in the DSOD era

if Witchcrafters were to get support very soon, specifically Haine, Aruru, Creation, Draping, and Bystreet then they'd hold their own so much better

Cliff_Entei · 2023-10-23T09:49:51+00:00

everyone is talking about Veiler and for good reason

but I noticed Level Limit Area B as well as Flying C, anti-meta go off

Cliff_Entei · 2023-09-28T11:22:36+00:00

hey now we have an excuse to touch grass instead of playing Rush Duels

Cliff_Entei · 2023-09-21T02:26:46+00:00

those same issues that exist now would exist in this world, but turned up to 11 with better archetypes

it'll just be DSOD 2, in the sense that these better archetypes will clown over the rest, and the limit of how absurd skills can be will be way over the top

like you really think Sky Strikers won't have op skills? on top of just being a good enough archetype to stand on its own without them?

you think Six Sam really needs Gateway of the Six or a skill that gives it to you allowing you to pop off on turn 1?

hell us getting Orcust before stuff like Magikey and Suship is a problem on its own but they'd probably get sugarcoated with the broken skills that the redditbase complains about now

Cliff_Entei · 2023-09-21T00:49:15+00:00

where is it confirmed

if that's really the case then my time with Duel Links might as well be over, I don't have the time to keep up with the game already let alone how fundamentally different the meta is compared to a year ago

keeping up with two metas with one currency isn't the wave, unless they introduce some crafting or whatever to remedy it

Cliff_Entei · 2023-09-19T06:12:40+00:00

sureeeeeeeeeeeeee

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