Except that competitive players would buy large amounts of boosters when a set first came out. Some would buy 6 boxes of the larger sets and 2-3 of the smaller sets. Personally, I bought 2-3 of the big sets and usually 1 box of the smaller sets; that wasn't sufficient on its own, but I had a lot of options for trading due to living in an area that had a large number of LOTR players. I also tended to put together one, or maybe two decks at a time, so my card needs were modest.
At a rate of 3.5 boosters (or equivalent) per week, it would take about 10 weeks for me to get a box of boosters; that means about half a year to get what I started with for the big sets, and unlike when the sets were originally released, they aren't being spaced apart by one year per block.
If I am buying individual rares instead, that puts a lot of pressure on me to decide ahead of time what sort of deck I want to play in constructed tournaments.
If on the other hand you can liquidate your cards at will with the merchant and just buy other ones... then that means, once you have gotten a sufficient amount of funding, you should be able to afford pretty much whatever you want. In this case the "collecting" aspect has been replaced with a "waiting period" when you just need to accrue more money, followed by a long period in which you can play whatever you want but have to waste a huge amount of time clicking on cards every time you want to switch decks.
Once again - you SHOULD NOT be buying and opening boosters for the cash you're getting, well you can, but that is a way of wasting the cash rather than using it smart.
Also, I want to simulate an "average" player, rather than "power" player in card acquiring rate. The thing is, if I will simulate "power" player, than EVERYONE will be "power" player and soon everyone will have the cards they wanted, at that's something I don't want to have.
As for the collecting aspect gone... isn't it the same in real life? All you had to do is just get a sufficient funds (saving money over time) and you could have bought any card you wanted on eBay or any other site. Also please keep in mind, that merchant will not be selling foils.
Also, once again, any ideas how to make the system good?
Topic: First Gemp-LotR Sealed FotR League (Read 6295 times)
