The only thing of note I've accomplished lately

Been using a Banette EX deck that's getting good results

congrats!

nice

I kinda gave up on that one because connection issues

kittylyoko: honestly the speed bothers me too. I actually lost a match I already had win condition for because the stuff I had to do (shift damage counters around, retreat and switch, use abilities) the animations ended up running the clock to )

to 0*

the person I was having the match with obviously knew this lol because they otherwise had no hope

Yeah, my issue with the game (might have been fixed now) was it'd just stall and get stuck trying to reconnect and by the time it connected I'dd timed out

and it's really suffering spending 20+ min in a game then losing because their servers kinda suck

so kinda like pocket's 5 min card battles even if it's a lot simpler and less varity right now

I've only had one total disconnect since I started playing again so it's probably fixed to a degree

it used to happen every other game for me

but I can understand wanting to use pocket instead, it sounds much snappier

but I'd also not played on it since 2022 lol

yeah it's way more stable than that, at least with my internet connection. maybe a connection from the UK is different

oh when you last played had they swtiched to the new system where you get crystals and credit rather than having to organize trades?

I haven't played since the days of opening packs being the only way to get cards

so it feels like a huge improvement lol

Yeah they had the crystals then, but most of the ways to get cards was use the code cards or get a good rank on the ladder

it wasn't as suffering as pokemon tcg online at least

yeah now I'm able to craft top of the line meta decks without having to spend any money, just some grinding

it's way better than the previous system

I remember having to win at least one battle daily to get a few crystals

yeah they have daily quests that are usually able to do in one match

you also get a lot of rewards for moving up the ladder. Getting to Arceus league netted me huge prizes

and leveling up your profile, and the battle pass-- you really do get a lot for playing a lot an dplaying well

yup, with online the only way to get cards was
-You had to win games on a ladder
-This would get you in game currency (used for avatar items only), tickets, maybe a booster pack, random ex card of the month
-The tickets were used to enter tournaments where people who ranked in the top 3 got boosters

it was so bad lol

YES

I'm glad someone else knows my suffering

I just remember having to scrape by with half built decks against people who had obviously spent hundreds....

needing to win makes it so hard to get anywhere because you didn't have the cards to win

It was also when sky shaymin was a big thing where people were buying it for £100

and having the go to secondary sales sites to buy code card codes for bundles that had nessecary meta cards in them

oh I remember sky shaymin lol

people trading 50 booster backs for shaymin.....

I'm glad they got rid of booster pack trading

yeah when staple cards like that first came out it would be insane

cards that improved literally every kind of deck

being able to make cards is so good

cause it means there's not really a crappy econemy just to play

no you don't have to deal with an economy at all it's so nice

but I do miss being able to chat with other players. also the emotes are nowhere near as good