Gemp-LotR Merchant explained - Q&A

[janjetina]

I would assume that the people would be looking forward to the challenge of having more players with competitive decks. Playing a fully built Uruk-hai or Moria deck against all common decks becomes boring quickly (at least it should).

[Raelag]

Yes, but that is the point.. You are participating in sealed events to get better cards, to compete in the collectors, which should be the best league, because its like it was in normal.. (with the difference that you can be just rich to get best card, but you have to win them first) ... now it seems to be destroyed...

[radry]

Before anything else can be decided it has to be clear how collections are supposed to work over time. There are two ways how collections on gemp can work:

Either it is assumed that eventually everyone will get a full collection and can build perfect decks. OR it is assumed that there will "never" be a full collection (because of high prices, low amount of rares available, resets,...).

The first case is kind of pointless because if someone want to play with/against perfect decks they can just play "all cards".

The second case makes a lot more sense:
"sealed" for those who want to play with equal chances and "low" decks.
"all cards" for perfect decks
and "collection" must be something in between.

So it should be very hard to get a good collection and take several years to have a complete collection. Imagine it like a long time super slow permanent sealed league.

One Problem is this would discourage newcomers. So there needs to be an incentive or way to boost newcomers without giving them an unfair advantage. This is really key or we will end up with case #1.

Of course the merchant must work within that system. Selling a handful cards for several thousand gold and funding a full collection of the profit is BROKEN. There MUST be a reasonable maximum and minimum price for cards. Reasonable would be for example 10 times the price of a booster for selling a card. Buying from the merchant can be a lot more expensive, this will encourage booster sales and leagues.

[Raelag]

Merchant has worked exactlly as you discribe the 2nd case But now is the first case

[bokizg]

That is untrue. Prices where completely out of balance and market was like a dead horse.
I for one am not new to this game but I discovered gemp few weeks ago. Before I stopped playing LOTR in physical wold , I have gathered my collection from 1 to 10 almost fully or to point where I had all the decks I wanted to play.
That is why I would rather pick up where I left the game instead of just waited out period of xy weeks to get xy gold to by xy cards and then beat other inferior decks in collector's league.
I'm still unclear about your motives since I fail to see how this change affected you, but everybody has their high
Even if someone got bothered to went trough a process of buying 10000000 packs it was a choice of ruining collector's part for himself and on purpose I would say...

[Raelag]

Well I play since May.. I have been participating in all sealed leagues since the time I have joined Gemp.. I always looking forward to the opening boosters and making better my collection.. I also was 2nd in movie but I have only one deck ... Also I was playing Fotr collectors recently and also I had one deck and when It turns to tower I had to sell some of my best rares to rebuilt the deck... Prices were more or less cool, I mean it was a long time run to collect best cards... It took me 8 month to win the collectors, that was a challenge...Now the mechanics were changed and mechant gives good prices to collect ALL... I dont wanna lose cards I get in these 8 month.. But I also dont want another 1700 rares I have obtained in last week...  Thats why I would prefere the state before the new merc, when a winned match in sealed events had a value..