Please get rid of the deck type preview before games

[Mekkah]

Whenever a game starts, you can have a pretty good guess at your opponent's deck choice just by looking at the types they play. While some types are present in almost every deck (Metal for Jirachi EX), a lot of them are not. If I see Water/Fairy/Metal, I know for almost certain I'm facing Seismitoad EX/Slurpuff with Jirachi, for instance. If I see Fighting/Psychic, I know I'm facing a Crobat/Hawlucha/Landorus EX deck.

 

This advantage is not present in real games, so I don't know why it shows up on PTCGO.

[Not_A_Bear]

Whenever a game starts, you can have a pretty good guess at your opponent's deck choice just by looking at the types they play. While some types are present in almost every deck (Metal for Jirachi EX), a lot of them are not. If I see Water/Fairy/Metal, I know for almost certain I'm facing Seismitoad EX/Slurpuff with Jirachi, for instance. If I see Fighting/Psychic, I know I'm facing a Crobat/Hawlucha/Landorus EX deck.

 

This advantage is not present in real games, so I don't know why it shows up on PTCGO.

 

Hm... I partially agree. I think this should perhaps be an option. Like a checkbox in the options menu that says "Don't show my deck type to my opponent." and another that says "Don't show me my opponent's deck type."

[hypnotoxic]

I agree, this has always bugged me to an extent. We should not have any idea of what our opponent is playing going into a game, and vice versa.

[The_Iron_bat]

I have mixed feelings about this too. It's nice to know, and think about it, but since the goal of "We try to make it as close to the real TCG as possible...", this doesn't work with that goal. If I had the little symbols at an event like Nationals or worlds, I know more people would scoop immediately because of an unfavorable matchup.

[uic]

Whenever a game starts, you can have a pretty good guess at your opponent's deck choice just by looking at the types they play. While some types are present in almost every deck (Metal for Jirachi EX), a lot of them are not. If I see Water/Fairy/Metal, I know for almost certain I'm facing Seismitoad EX/Slurpuff with Jirachi, for instance. If I see Fighting/Psychic, I know I'm facing a Crobat/Hawlucha/Landorus EX deck.

 

This advantage is not present in real games, so I don't know why it shows up on PTCGO.

 

 

i want to know what im up against so i can win...you can see my type too so why complain? it helps us all try to win...its good & make it stay that way...we show know what we up against so we are prepared

[Stratadrake]

Sometimes I wish the type symbols reflected the basic Energy content of the deck (rather than the Pokemon types), or that the Colorless icon wasn't shown for any deck with 2 or more colored energy types.  Or that it only reflected the Basics in the deck.  Or something....

 

At any rate, I don't think this gives you a necessarily unfair advantage over your opponent.

[Mekkah]

i want to know what im up against so i can win...you can see my type too so why complain? it helps us all try to win...its good & make it stay that way...we show know what we up against so we are prepared

 

At any rate, I don't think this gives you a necessarily unfair advantage over your opponent.

 

It's not about one player having a big advantage over the other. It's about simulating the real experience. Unless your opponent shuffles clumsily or shows you the bottom card of the deck in real life, you haven't the foggiest what they're playing.

 

Let's say you lose the coin flip, so you know you're going second. You start with Landorus EX and Hawlucha in your hand. If you saw in the preview that you're likely going up against Seismitoad, you would hold the Landorus EX in your hand because you don't want it out there to get Quaking Punched for 100. But if you saw you were up against a Mega Manectric deck, you would absolutely bench it because it's one of your best attackers in that matchup, and putting it down prevents it from getting N'd away.

 

This is a significant difference from real life play that has no reason to be there.

[VancouverDad]

Hi,

 

Personally, I rather like having this.  It gives me an idea of  what I'm up against.  But I don't know all the different decks so can't anticipate as much as many of you can.

 

If you wanted to, this could be used as a bit of strategy.  Set up the energy types for one deck but do something different with it.

 

And, honestly, I don't expect the online version to be the same as the real life version nor would I want it to be.  I'd like it to be similar.  But the electronic format allows possibilities the live format doesn't and I'd like to see the online game take advantage of that.

 

That's just like my opinion, man. (Kudos to those who get the movie reference there)

 

Cheers,

 

CanadaDad

[harshu]

Well actually, I am from a place where I can't play Pokemon in IRL When this happens, online game is the only place I can play. If I am new, its pretty bad for me that I can't guess, and not prepare. Well I support this system, since it enhances your thinking skills after all you do change the strategy sometimes, according to your opponent's deck type. It also gives new players a chance to learn and improve. And no player is perfect and always has something to learn. So why not actually introduce that thing in IRL rather than removing it from here. I never played IRL, so actually don't know how you will implement it.

 

I hope you understand what I am trying to say

[Mod_Alder]

Cool idea, I will forward it to the development team. 

[harshu]

Cool idea, I will forward it to the development team. 

Mine ? LOL xD