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2 years ago ::
Nov 26, 2010 - 12:14PM
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Date Joined:
Nov 22, 2008
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Hi WotC!
I like Gamma World.
I like the new (card-based) mechanics for Alpha-Mutations and Omega-Tech.
What i don't like:
Randomly distributed cards in booster expansions.
What i'd like to see (and yes, BUY):
Fixed card sets with (non-random) cards, same style as LCGs are distributed.
Who's with me on that?
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2 years ago ::
Nov 27, 2010 - 4:50AM
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Date Joined:
Aug 31, 2009
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No argument here ... not that anyone from WotC is going to see (or even listen) this post.
Mind you ... they could always prove me wrong ...
Fixed cards could also be printed for existing or new areas. I for 1 would buy them.
GMT +10 (Aussie, Aussie, Aussie ....)
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2 years ago ::
Nov 27, 2010 - 6:42AM
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+1 from me as well.
I'm not into the collectable aspect of the game. That is the single most glaring flaw in how the new game's philosophy doesn't match that of my gaming group. My group has no interest in buying game products, and they leave that to their DM (me). So, there isn't a reason for our group to have a collectable card market, since we all share this stuff. It just costs me more money because I have to buy a bunch of duplicate cards I don't want in order to get a set of cards that I do want.
Marv (Finarvyn)Master of Mutants (MA and GW) Playtesting D&D Next and liking it! OD&D player since 1975
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2 years ago ::
Nov 27, 2010 - 6:48AM
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I agree 100%! In fact, this would be the only way that they could get me to buy cards. I'm not into RPG's because I like CCGs; and I'm not into Gamma World to buy booster packs. I don't play Magic for a reason, so leave the CCG component out of my RPGs.
I do like the idea of the cards as mutations and items, but I will not be spending money on booster packs and neither will my players. If they were smart they'd just offer the set at a price and be done with it.
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2 years ago ::
Nov 27, 2010 - 2:29PM
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Date Joined:
Sep 26, 2001
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Yes, complete decks - whether a complete 'atom' set or two sets, one Alpha, one Omega (with different backs!) - would be a big improvement. The 'fun' of collecting cards is lost on a lot of us.
Love 4e? Concerned about its future? Join the Old Guard of 4e"You want The Tooth? You can't handle The Tooth!" - Dahlver-Nar. "If magic is unrestrained in the campaign, D&D quickly degenerates into a weird wizard show where players get bored quickly" - E. Gary Gygax
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2 years ago ::
Nov 27, 2010 - 4:23PM
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Date Joined:
Jun 16, 2008
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Indeed, not that there's anything wrong with Magic: The Gathering or the other WotC products, RPGs are not meant to be turned into a "spend $3,000.00" in an attempt to collect all the rares. If I see foil versions of the cards show up, I might go a bit ballistic.
The idea of using cards for powers was an awesome move, but it should have been handled more like Dominion, Ascension, The Game of Thrones, or Thunderstone. Nowhere in anyone's right mind is the M:TG method of card distribution any fun for an RPG gamer.
Though there are exceptions to that rule, my wife would probably knock the crap out of me if I bought the number of packs required to get 1 of every card, let alone 5 commons, 3 uncommons, and 1 rares for each of the cards...
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2 years ago ::
Nov 28, 2010 - 4:22PM
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Date Joined:
Aug 31, 2009
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Rather than tiny little boosters, i'd prefer to get boxed card sets, for sure.
Each set should come with a theme, too :D
If they really wanted to split it up, maybe they could do each 'set' as... say.. 100 cards, and then offer them as packs of 25.
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2 years ago ::
Nov 29, 2010 - 2:15AM
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Date Joined:
Apr 18, 2010
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Yes, add my name to the list of people asking for fixed card sets. I'm not a big fan of CCGs - although that might be because the one that I got interested in... nobody plays and it isn't made anymore. 
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2 years ago ::
Dec 02, 2010 - 11:10PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 11, 2010
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i will sign this petition gladly.
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2 years ago ::
Dec 04, 2010 - 7:58PM
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we all know why it is the way it is though, right? the assumption being those who buy these cards would buy more of them if they were randomized and making some cards rarer than others than if these cards were sold outright. they do the same thing with their minis.
i don't begrudge them for this, afterall we are talking about a pretty specialized good marketed to a pretty narrow demographic. any sort of petition or grumblings on a forum won't change anything if ultimately this is a marketing model that works. a petition in and of itself is ineffectual if consumers are still going to be buying the product.
that being said, i'd prefer the option to buy the whole set of cards lock, stock, and barrel too. unfortunately i probably fall into the minority that wouldn't buy the cards any other way than outright. there's always the possibility that once they get the impression they've milked the collectable market they'll release a complete set. hard to say if there'll be the same enthusiasm for the game at that point though.
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