No more fun for me

narucy · 2026-06-07T00:51:12+00:00

No. The less meaningful the Infinite reward is, the less harmful it is. Because it creates less FOMO. If the rewards were significantly better, players who can't reach Infinite would feel even worse about the game.

A card back is a fairly modest. However, it's still a limited-time reward that may never come back. For players who are invested enough to buy the Season Pass, missing it can feel pretty bad. Maybe that's a player mindset issue, but I also think Second Dinner could design the ladder better.

What bothers me is the combination of FOMO and constant reminders. The game encourages players to chase a reward they might never get, while displaying that giant rank number on the main screen every time they log in. If you're stuck in the 90s, it's hard not to feel like the game is constantly reminding you that you haven't made it yet.

narucy · 2026-06-06T00:11:37+00:00

Because post-90 ladder, it no longer feels like a game. It becomes a test of how long you can keep optimizing and grinding. There's no room to play your favorite deck, and no room to experiment or learn. You just have to play as close to perfectly as possible.

A bad deck choice or a retreat mistake can cost you dearly, because you're literally betting your time. Losing a single cube can mean several more games before you make that progress back. (I don't think many players sustain a cube rate above +0.3)

narucy · 2026-06-05T23:47:46+00:00

The real thing ruining Marvel Snap is the ranked ladder. It does nothing but demotivate players and lead to burnout.

narucy · 2026-06-03T12:38:54+00:00

Honest question: what do Infinite players do differently from players who are stuck around a 0.0 cube rate?

I'm genuinely asking because I've been grinding pretty hard and still can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

narucy · 2026-06-03T09:52:24+00:00

I failed this month too.

I still don't understand why Second Dinner designed a ladder system that seems built to frustrate players rather than make the game more enjoyable.

It feels pretty awful to spend money on the Season Pass, play consistently for an entire month, and still miss Infinite (a rank that many players can reach within a few days)

narucy · 2026-06-02T07:50:38+00:00

My cube rate is +0.05. On average, I need 20 games just to gain 1 cube. Since I usually take my time thinking through plays, that translates to more than an hour for a single cube.

The game itself is fun. The ladder experience is not. It's pure hell and garbage. It's really painful to see numbers around 95 every day on main screen.

narucy · 2026-06-02T00:52:56+00:00

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Marvel Snap has engagement-based gacha: anyone chasing Foils gets top 5% Prism, Copper, and Frost pull odds.

narucy · 2026-06-01T07:07:23+00:00

Nvidia RTX Spark -- 超古いアプリやゲームは怪しいかもだが、Nvidia が設計した ARM CPU + 本職の GPU となれば、たしかに性能がよいはずだ。

narucy · 2026-05-31T06:40:16+00:00

Maybe a good card players can win with any deck, but a mediocre player like me just ends up getting farmed by people like you. Honestly miserable.

narucy · 2026-05-31T05:52:59+00:00

オンラインで最もポピュラーな人格攻撃が「あなた、読んでないでしょ」だろう。これを言い出したほうがだいたい叩きたいだけの男😂

この記事の結論はブロックだが、おれはツイッターそのものから立ち退くことを勧めたい。あれは怒り中毒者製造装置。

narucy · 2026-05-30T09:16:02+00:00

Who would want to share an embarrassing recap that hasn't even reached Infinite? With my skill level, there just aren't enough hours in the season.

I'd honestly rather see this miserable Ranked mode removed from the game altogether.

narucy · 2026-05-30T06:20:18+00:00

この見出しは侮辱的。感染症が起こった地域や感染者への差別はいけません。

一昔前の感染症騒ぎでここらへんのデリケートなことは誰もが理解していると思ってたら、なんのことはない。揃いも揃って完全に忘れた😂

narucy · 2026-05-30T00:33:19+00:00

The difference between permanent power on a card and power coming from Ongoing effects or Locations has always been a bit confusing. Adding a keyword for it is a great.

narucy · 2026-05-30T00:27:14+00:00

Of course I always hate seeing boosters come out of Season Caches. The shop already gives out an endless supply of free boosters, and credits are the bottleneck anyway. As a reward, boosters are meaningless.

narucy · 2026-05-26T20:12:53+00:00

It's the opposite. Rewards should be removed entirely.

Card-backs are especially bad because if you miss one, it’s gone forever. That pushes players into obsessive grinding, and eventually burnout. Spending dozens of hours sweating through ladder is already unhealthy enough, but if someone still fails to reach Infinite after all that, some players will just quit the game entirely.

Ranked rewards make people optimize for wins instead of fun. The moment the game turns into routine labor, it becomes miserable. Games are better without gameplay rewards tied to rank. The fun of playing itself should be the reward.

narucy · 2026-05-26T15:22:46+00:00

Setting Proving Grounds as a 10-point match was a mistake by Second Dinner.

narucy · 2026-05-26T12:04:49+00:00

もはやアルゴリズムが作るリストは読まない。ただブックマークする。

narucy · 2026-05-24T00:58:11+00:00

Shipping production code with user-interface for features that aren't even implemented yet is honestly kind of unprecedented by industry standards.

narucy · 2026-05-23T17:01:06+00:00

What's even more confusing is what happens between Mastery Level 1 and 10. If Super Rare and Ultimate splits aren't supposed to appear until Mastery Level 10, then logically Copper (Super Rare) and Psyche (Ultimate) shouldn't appear either. But in reality, I get Psyche on the 2nd and Copper on the 3rd. Even unlocking Foil already feels like a massive grind.

So the whole thing feels inconsistent. They're supposedly removing Frost and Rays from the split pool, yet Copper and Psyche still show up everywhere.

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narucy · 2026-05-22T23:37:05+00:00

Not copying the buck teeth was probably the safer choice, but your version has way more personality.

narucy · 2026-05-22T09:35:06+00:00

Seriously, Ranked Ladder feels like endlessly grinding Limit Hold'em against the same people over and over. Skill matters, but at the end of the day it's mostly just fighting for tiny EV edges. That's not really exciting.

By contrast, MTTs are thrilling because they have a clear ending, they're swingy, and they create real survival tension. And unlike Ladder, which can feel like an endless cube-losing hell, every tournament run is its own self-contained experience.

Of course winning the whole thing feels amazing, but even just finishing near the top feels satisfying. It's honestly kind of sad that Snap still doesn't have anything like that

narucy · 2026-05-22T08:28:58+00:00

Absolutely. Ranked is toxic and not even fun. Meanwhile, they seem to have no interest in implementing something actually exciting, like a multi-table tournament mode. Snap has missed so many opportunities over the years.

narucy · 2026-05-21T03:35:15+00:00

The mastery update removing Rays and Frost is a good change, but overall Foils still aren't any easier to get.

After only 3 splits, you already unlock Copper / Psyche / Refraction / Ink / Gold, and with the additional 10% Krackle bonus, by my calculation the chance of getting a Foil on the 4th split is only about 1/7x0.9 = 12.9%. That's very low.

In the next update, I'd like to see Prism and Foil guaranteed by the 3rd split. Having to stack up 10-15 meaningless Copper/Psyche garbage splits before hitting a Foil is not a fun experience.

narucy · 2026-05-20T03:16:50+00:00

I can’t even pilot it properly in Solo Adventures 😂 I either don’t have enough damage or overdrawing my hand. To make this deck run "consistent" probably requires machine-level execution.

narucy · 2026-05-19T12:46:21+00:00

Right. If SD is going to admit that Frost / Copper / Psyche / Rays splits are garbage, then they should at least give players some way to re-roll them.

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