Opinion: Fan Favorite/Cheater Cards; Revolution

[Kruzer]

The Rant Begins (LOL):

Just wondering if anyone else has the same problem I have with the Fan Fave and Cheater cards... More to the point, the making of character specific cards with traits. I figured that we would've learned from branding or making Face/Heel Character specifics like the original 'Who In The Blue Hell Are You?', which was later made as Throwback and became neutral. It just seems to take away from the game a little when you can't play all of your cards with any given superstar. It maybe just my opinion, but I think that a superstar should be able to play all of his/her cards regardless of trait or brand; they have their logos on them. And I realize, what's done is done but even a Throwback 'Raw or SmackDown: Pick A Brand' would fix the branding.

ie:
Raw or SmackDown: Pick A Brand
Pre-Match Event or Backstage Area Card
Throwback
Permanent
F: 0
D: 0
The maximum number of Pre-match cards you may have in your Ring area is increased by 1.
When this card is played, choose Raw or SmackDown. Your character specific cards are considered to have that logo on them for the rest of the match.

BUT... if you MUST have them traited, at least have them co-ordinate together. For example, I use this one alot but it's a good one, with Edge... 'The Rated R Superstar'= FF, but the 'Liason with Lita' = Cheater... My question is Why?
Cuz, correct me if I'm wrong, but you would not have a 'Rated R Superstar' if it wasn't for that 'Liason with Lita'. Possibly an oversight in naming the cards, but it still seems silly to me not to be able to play those two cards together, regardless of what they do separately. This is just a little beef I've had about branding and traiting that I want to toss out there and see what others thought, and if I'm completely alone on this? LOL

Another thing that's making me want to 'Come Over The Table' and possibly Kruze Kontrol (Gory Bomb) someone's ass through it, is the new set coming out; Revolution. It'sd disappointing to me to see that the makers of this great game can't come up with anything original for superstars and we're getting "4 ALL-NEW SUPERSTAR DECKS" of Batista, John Cena, Rey Myterio, and (YET ANOTHER!?) Triple H??? wtf do we need another HHH deck for? Has this guys not been shoved down our throats enough over the last ten years in the WWE? I realize that he's, arguably, the franchise of the WWE and probably the greatest heel of all-time, but why a third deck when we really haven't even dipped a toe into the ECW Extremists yet? Where's The Sandman? Sabu? Bob Holly? CM Punk? Kevin Thorn? Tommy Dreamer? Balls Mahoney? Trinity? Or Even Ashley Massaro? Beth Phoenix? London & Kendrick? The Highlanders? Umaga? Or if we're doing the remakes again, why not a new Jeff Hardy, Big Show or new FBI? Or maybe 'The Big Red Monster', 'The Rated R Superstar', 'The Rabid Wolverine', 'The Legend Killer' or 'The Naure Boy'? Woooooo! Cuz lord knows all those guys are in 'desperate need' of a second or third deck! I won't list them all, but I think you're seeing my point here. It just seems a little insulting to me, as a player, that we're not getting too many new superstars recently, just rehashes of old superstars with new abilities that are being wasted, instead of using the new abilities on new superstars! Now, I'm not saying I'm not going to go out and buy 'The King of Kings' when it comes out or any of the other ones... I probably will since I'm playing The Game, Cena, Batista and collect Mysterio right now, but that's what this is designed to do... cuz forgive me but, it seems like a complete cash grab without any real thought put behind it! And it's just kind of crappy that we're getting an enitrely new set of starter decks that really don't need to be made yet. Batista only came out a couple of sets ago; hardly needing an upgrade at all at this time. Mysterio and Cena are the only ones that are somewhat justified, but even still, it just seems that new abilities are being wasted on old superstars that could easily be given to fresh new superstars. It's not like the WWE is running short on talent or wrestlers. This is just my opinion and doesn't mean I like the game any less, just something's that were bugging me and wanted to see what y'all thought it too... Thanks...

That's All...

Kruze

[ben123]

the new trish card is cheater but the trish kick is fan fav.
that gets anoying

[Kruzer]

Yah... exactly my point! I'm all for new traits to ENHANCE the game not stagnate it. Fan Favorite and Cheater cards are a really kool idea, and I'm looking forward to the new format and traits coming out in the new set... just not on our character specific cards unless you can play all of your cards. Just makes no sense to me to not be able to play with ALL the cards I buy. I pay for them, I should be able to use them as I please and not be restricted by a trait unless I choose to be restricted by that trait with other cards in my deck and not my character specific cards.

[kheneth]

it's called game balance.... if they didn't put traits on the cards, the cards wouldn't have been made. We would have gotten weaker cards.

Your arguement about paying for cards and not being able to use them is a bit weak. Considering you pay for the non-superstar specifics as well and can't use all of them in decks. Many decks in the past that have won don't always include every superstar specific card.

But, it's your opinion and rant. I can respect that. But, think about some superstars and if they were able to pack every card with their logo. I bet some would be extremely strong and end up being a negative play experience for people.

[ben123]

kheneth said:

But, think about some superstars and if they were able to pack every card with their logo. I bet some would be extremely strong and end up being a negative play experience for people.

like the phenom if he can pack both taker and deadman cards

and hurrifriends(i think)

[Daeva]

ben123 said:

and hurrifriends(i think)

Hurri-friends can pack both Stacy and Hurricane cards, there's no choice between one or the other. If they had to choose, they'd have text like the Phenom ("If you pack cards with just one of these logos, you cannot pack cards with just the other logo").

[Kruzer]

I'll admit that the paying for the cards is a little weak, however, when you are more or less just a player and not a collector, it's very annoying... I have 21 active and funtional decks together and I STILL have cards left over... The Phenom is mute point in my opinion... both Deadman Inc. and Undertaker's cards are almost exactly identical... it's the same as Mankind/Cactus Jack... they are nearly the same cards with a different name and that would be just plain stupid to be able to play two cards that do the same thing only have different names... But with tag teams... being able to pack all single superstar cards that are a part of that team is bad... 4 words... Two Man Power Trip... I figure if you wanna be able to play all cards for a tag team, get 4 peeps together and have a tag match.

But as it pertains to singles wrestlers, I welcome the weaker-ish cards as oppose to not being able to play all of my character specific cards. You can balance the game without screwing over the dynamics or the persona of a character. As for superstars being too strong, can't do it now really... Kane/BFM is disgusting... Dead Man Inc./'Taker's still rude... HHH/The Game is nuts.... Cerebral Spray can be so broken only cuz not alot of peeps pack reversals for Back Body Drops... And don't get me started on how broken Junkyard Dog is! You get that dumbass Chain out on the first turn, your opponent is completely screwed! So, in this case, and keep in mind that I do respect your opinion, but the making of characters too strong point is a little weak... they need to make the characters stronger and abilities stronger for new superstars, god forbid they ACTUALLY come out with something NEW, (Yes, sore spot about the new set.) but they need to be stronger so that the new superstars can keep up with the Kane's, Undertaker's, HHH's, Rock's and Stone Cold's out there that have shit loads of cards.... and oh... shit loads of reversals too! It's NOT balancing the game by placing these traits on the character specific cards... it's in actuality limiting the performance of a superstar when all their cards should able to be used. Bring on the weaker cards... I don't care... cuz Edge should be able to play Rated R Superstar and Liason with Lita in the same deck ANY way you slice it! Amoung other character specific cards that have been traited!

Kruze

[ben123]

daeva said:

ben123 said:

and hurrifriends(i think)

Hurri-friends can pack both Stacy and Hurricane cards, there's no choice between one or the other. If they had to choose, they'd have text like the Phenom ("If you pack cards with just one of these logos, you cannot pack cards with just the other logo").

yes thank you for clearing that up