I opened 50 reserves... then yelled about the game.

[@Atom5384-l5p]

I feel like they should stop running that ad that says “Can’t drop hundreds of dollars and get all of the cards? We made a game where you can’t do that!” Cause you totally can now

[@brxcli]

yeah, the irony its insane

[@darkrai455]

Yeah just by buying a lot of gold you can split so many of your cards and your collection level can go up like crazy which is also tied to how you can get so many cards.

[@Androiski]

That's literally the only way you can get 'all the cards' The point of this game was that you're not supposed to own every card but every new card release is what the streamers and youtubers show off, and you want to try out what theyre playing as well. And most of the time a new card release is completely busted. Though, we haven't had anything completely busted lately, but Arishem and Red Hulk were way up there. War Machine change is insane and I bet a lot of people who skipped on him have FOMO now. They release bundles that trick you into thinking theyre good offers. The other month had a $100 bundle that barely gave anything but it had two spotlight keys. That's a 50% chance to get the new card for $100. If you already own the other cards or get a variant you don't want thats even worse. A single spotlight key through the CL progression is about 5000 credits worth of card upgrades/splits. Those cheaper bundles are actually better. But then again, you get tempted to buy a bundle because its a good offer because you might get a future card that you might like. I understand the comparison to a real life card game like MtG. You don't own everything and you spend a good chunk of cash for a single good deck. It just makes no sense considering I don't truly own these cards. Its a digital game, and like Regis said, it really like custom game modes and fun stuff. I understand it costs money to develop a game, and it also costs money to commission artists, and to host a game, and to test it, and to even use the Marvel IP. But how much of the profit is really going back to the players? I really enjoy the game. I quit a couple months ago cause I really did not like the update that added purchasable borders. Practically $10 to make 1 of my cards have a cool border? That's insane knowing that I do not truly own this game and I can lose my progress at any moment. I still think its a cool concept and the rewards adding emotes and soon borders to the season pass is a nice touch, but that's also $10 a month. To effectively enjoy the game you pay $60 a year. It's not that bad, but the social features of the game are trash. Alliances suck and just only got added after 2 whole years. That's why people like to play with their fav youtubers and watch them.

[@AnonymousB460]

@@darkrai455kind if true. They don't state this but after you get all of pool 3 you have to buy pool 4 and 5 cards. He's getting pool 3 variants.

[@MrDanno]

I asked the devs about that in the Discord. Shockingly, they didn't respond to my question 🙃 I'm no law expert but doesn't this count as like false advertising or something lol

[@FurryDanOriginal]

While I understand that Dan Hipp's variant of Silver Surfer may look goofy on first sight, if you actually look at the angle of his legs, there's a 27 degree angle at his crotch, which means the leg is 4 inches longer which is accounted for perfectly in the curvature of the front leg.

[@RegisKillbin]

I recorded this so long ago, you're lucky I remembered the gag haha.

[@HiSlashBy]

Remember getting up to 200 gold or 300 tokens in the caches

[@_ImJayded]

Right, man good times. It was fun saving

[@caioamichi9045]

i miss the good old days

[@Zemlja_je_ravna]

If they would just allow us to pick cards from Spotlight Caches or prevent us from being able to pick the same cards we already have it sucks, for a whole month I am getting duplicates

[@Dokujitsu]

Yeah, I also remember when not *every* new card was SERIES 5.

[@Kalfaboy]

300 tokens? i come form a time where 400 was guranteed and shortly after changed to 200-600 before it was gutted even more

[@calebshort629]

Regis hit the nail on the head with returning players. I returned for symbiote spider man, had fun with him, and then dropped the game again because I felt like I could never catch up again.

[@MrDanno]

This is why Regis is my favorite Snap creator. He's honest and transparent about his views on the game. I fell into that middle area of players he talked about where you're just dripfed new cards over literal weeks and months and it's awful. After I completed pool 3, I'd say it got even worse because I don't want to pay for season passes when I dislike actions the devs are taking with the game, but it puts me so far behind everyone else. I'm losing out on currency, spotlight caches, etc. Every day I don't play the game the devs punish me by making it harder and harder to come back to. I want to like Snap for many of the reasons Regis does, but the progression NEEDS major buffs if not a rework to get players like me back into the game (but what're the chances of that happening? SD would need to actually be pro consumer for once). Edit: I press play on the video and Regis outlines these exact grievances lmao. Returning players have it hard as hell.

[@csafko1]

This is me, too. I recently came back, and although it's still fun, and I want to love it, it feels so bad right now! This game tries to nickel and dime you so bad and just doesn't respect your time. Even just the annoying daily quests instead of weekly quests is just insulting.

[@ericslingerland5472]

When he was talking about the funding for the game i thought he was going to say "they got 100 million dollars, and we got Deadpool's Dinner" i love the gameplay, but the only way i get to enjoy it is by watching Regis videos. I got to that 'mid player' status, took a little break to play other games. came back and realized its impossible to be a returning player. tried a few times and each time im further behind, and somehow there are more new currencies to learn about and grind for. its one of the big red flags of gatcha games when they have a ton of different currencies, and Snap has fallen into that same predatory model.

[@TheGnarnivore]

The thing is they didn’t “fall” into it, it was and still is a conscious decision to monetize this way.

[@Shaalertft]

The fact that there is no pitty timer and u can get no cards for very long Time is Just sad

[@OzoneGamerStation]

The spotlight system that replaced the pity timer is a better way to acquire cards. Pity timer card acquisition took forever.

[@Tfd839]

@@OzoneGamerStationwhy not have both?

[@jamicassidy7955]

The 'pity timer' is just save 4 keys per month and use them on a spotlight with 3 new cards. A terrible system but it is what it is.

[@Tfd839]

@@jamicassidy7955that doesn’t fit the definition of a pity timer at all. A pity timer is when your luck is so bad on loot boxes that it eventually reaches a point where you have 100 percent chance of getting a card. With the current system you use a key and get a chance at a group of featured cards, similar to those collector kids toys. Your example is essentially saying that having more money at a casino is a pity timer because you have more chances of winning.

[@gapsule2326]

The fact the spotlight is still an annoying scrolly thing is just sad. I dont want to collect everything one by one.

[@morton_slc]

Soooo I stopped playing Snap about 6 months ago. I felt so discouraged that I couldn't keep up with card collection without spending money,. It just got so frustrating trying to build decks missing so many cards.. And even the daily play requirements to get tokens/gold as freetoplay felt like a chore. But I still love the game and love watching Regis' videos!

[@icenovice]

As a middle player, I’m SO glad I spent 3 keys on Arishem. He’s kind of a game-saver for me.

[@ecnayonnA]

My favourite is when i have gone through 10 chests and gotten nothing but gold tickets, tokens and titles. I am around the 14,000 collection level. I would appreciate more variants myself.

[@travismaz9304]

Same dude. Literally same spot as you. Credits, boosters, and gold tickets. One variant every 100 levels, if I'm lucky

[@ryuu0013]

they are so greedy man.

[@ShadowTaiga]

i refuse to open chests unless i need gold tickets. i haven't played a non gold+ conquest since the change and still have a bank of chests.

[@michelanvalo]

Funny thing, I just made a post on Reddit about opening _500_ Reserves and how poorly I thought they were. The subreddit has not taken it well.

[@GatoChick]

It's Reddit... What do you expect?

[@ShadowTaiga]

I stopped using the marvel snap reddit. like most reddits its a toxic cesspool.

[@ikmallatip6163]

Man you really nailed it. I was coming from the middle group when I quit. The most frustrating part is planning out my keys for new cards or a variant I wanted, and ending up having to use 4 keys to get what I want. It just left a bad feeling that impacted my emotional health. So I had to quit. I wish there was some kind of assurance from using my keys. Select 1 to be a confirmed pull on your 3rd key. Or make a free selected pull after 20 keys. At least I know what to expect.

[@slitherdown8556]

They need a single player mode. Something similar to Hearthstone with a journey and story behind a certain character which ends in an epic fight.

[@evansmith8463]

Agree, 100%

[@Frostgasm]

I think they found a gamemode in the metadata that's speculated to be PvE since the snap mechanic is disabled

[@theBEATdude]

I don't think there's a decision they regretted more in Hearthstone than Dungeon Run. It sucked people out of the competitive model of the game which pulled steam out of the engine for people to buy cards, and also you didn't even need to buy cards to play the modes, making that issue way worse. They stopped after a few expansions of it after they realized and tried to reconcile the format while reintroducing competition/card buying with Duels, but even that eventually fell to the wayside. I'm just saying with Ben Brode, the literal lead designer of Hearthstone at the helm, I doubt they'll make a move like that again, especially given that the ONLY new content we've gotten in snap is even MORE competitive modes than even the normal ranked ladder, being Conquest and Deadpool's Diner.

[@Malloumario]

Hey regis I watched the vid and that was great analysis of the state of marvel snap4. I want to share my experience as one of the "middle players". Basically I play snap by watching you and Bynx. Playing it myself is not fun because of the bots and i'm forced to play conquest in order to play against people (and i don't like the long format of that). Why the bots? well after returning to the game after 4/5 seasons, I found myself in level 10 and I know I can meet players at around level 30. I did the grind against bots the first time I played the game. Doing it again is not fun. It's supposed to be a game I pop when I need some distraction in line/metro/toilet... Sorry I rambled a lot but my point is, it's not accessible to new/returning players.

[@GodbodyRoku]

I feel this entire comment. Coming back after a break is the worst because you are so far down on top of missing a whole slew of cards, and tokens are still low as hell on the collector track. I got lucky on my spotlight keys and got some cards I never had before that I wanted(US AGENT, and Sage, Arena as well), but still cannot stand the spotlight keys and the collector track "rewards"

[@JamesJohnsonQ]

Bro I love playing bots. Makes completing the daily missions so easy

[@lesterherrera9581]

it sucks being a new player seeing people talk about how marvel Snap sucks now. It's like you missed a joke and everyone is laughing.

[@vega7106]

it doesn't suck now, its better than its ever been. it has a lot to improve on like regis has said, but anyone who says it sucks just got bored. no card game is perfect neither is this game.

[@Muallasss]

​@@vega7106You are right. People are easy to get bored. But I still enjoy the game just for fun, even though I don't have all the cards yet.

[@Stickyz]

The game is technically better than it ever was. Especially with balance, feels more fair now. New cards are also 1000x easier to obtain than they used to be. People just always need something to complain about. Sure the game has a lot of room for improvement but saying it's gone to shit is just being a baby.

[@hioo3453]

Actually new players experience the best part of Marvel Snap, opening chest, getting a lot of new cards for free, trying new decks and new strategies. The worst part begins when you finish pool 3 and realize that there are something like 50 strong cards out there that you have no idea how to get other than gambling on those stupid spotlights

[@Stickyz]

Also a lot of what people say about how good the game used to be is just from them being in the process of acquiring all the series 3 and below cards. The game is more fun when you're always getting new cards I wont lie, but that experience is still there in the game. People mistake being in the endgame experience for the game changing. Around when the game launched, after you finished series 3 you'd get a new card like once a month if you were lucky.

[@MOON-vb6ly]

I have been playing it for around a month and a half. Got to vibranium rank and 1.3k collection. Best mobile game that I’ve pretty much ever played. It’s definitely a crawl rn and I still absolutely love the game but… it hurts a bit when constantly play against cards like ultron - patriot but if I wanted to play WITH them I would either 2 very different methods. option 1: Play for luck, do ally and weekly missions to keep growing collection lvl. (Prolly spend about another month grinding for collector tokens.) Option 2: Spend 4.5 hours of my life working to make $50 and buy it. I understand it but I agree, there needs to be some middle play retention. Absolute BANGER video Regis, one out for you dude.

[@fallguybuddy2654]

My issue right now is, no new game modes. Economy is sustainable as a season pass/gold pass player. Balance changes happen often enough meta isn’t too bad (this one if you hate Hela) but really I’d be interested in any new way to play the game….deadpool dinner doesn’t count

[@INMATEofARKHAM]

Hey! You found my title! I got the "cellmate says hi," and I'm like, yup, that's it. 😂 (And, yeah, that Dan Hipp Surfer is horrible.)

[@jonathanellis9560]

I also had a stretch of like 3 weeks where my spotlight key unlocked the new card every time. It was quite exhilarating. I am very excited for draft mode to come out. I agree that card acquisition has become difficult even playing every day.

[@travismaz9304]

It's brutal. 1k tokens for a random s4/s5 spotlight blows too. Feel like I pull that every other week and it's always a card I've had for over a year. Here's 1k tokens. Smh

[@Zemlja_je_ravna]

Meta is shifting so fast, targeting specific cards is pointless because by the time you get to buy the same card to dominate, it is no longer in the meta and it is nerfed...

[@JamesJohnsonQ]

​@@travismaz9304 Some tech savvy people should check the code to that because it's almost always a duplicate card

[@ByFee]

I was apart of that core group. Then i ran into money issues and could only afford the base season pass for a few months, and went on a stretch of two months without getting a new card due to spotlight cache luck, and it has caused me to fade out. I love this game. I want to spend money on cool cosmetics because i love it. But ive stopped logging daily because i dont have bearly any of the cool new cards i want. And now ive fallen behind. And for someone who has spent hundreds of hours and dollars on this game, that really, really sucks.

[@liphttam]

Middle player here who fell off about a year ago. I've thought about coming back but I know I could never catch up... so I enjoy the game vicariously through your videos now!

[@longshot099]

I quit Snap 6 months ago. Just found the progression system exhausting to keep on top of. Once I realized that was affecting my enjoyment of the game I moved on.

[@at0mly]

Does it count as ironic that Dan Hipp apparently can't draw hips?

[@TeddXplosion]

Or arms, legs, faces, lol

[@yeeterofannoyingpeople4003]

It’s his art style- which is also why that surfers legs looks so weird

[@n8rhymeswith]

anecdotally, being in an alliance has shown me that there are successful lower collection level players just quietly playing with their piles of cards

[@sendilkrishnan2866]

Reg, I know there's always the joke about you being a genius, but seriously, thanks for this video. It's nice to see someone giving some honest and critical evaluation of a game that is both fun yet financially taxing on lots of its players. Your insight is spot on.

[@isaacgomez9285]

Nice to hear someone at the top play base care/talk about the middle/bottom player base.

[@Flackon]

I love how even non-haters of Dan Hipp can’t help but… notice his style peculiarities

[@nemesis3392]

This was a great change of pace in my opinion! As a longer time player, I’ve felt a little drained after being denied infinity several seasons. That said, just getting to hear your thoughts not fully tied to your gameplay and strategy was great 🔥🔥🔥

[@Fwintix]

I got my friend to start playing Marvel Snap. He is a long-time magic and hearthstone player. It's been a little over 3 months, and he has already quit. He reached the middle point of Marvel Snap and just said screw this. They really need to change things with the progression, or the player base is going to die.

[@thejensonater4492]

12:00 Think of what Regina will say when she hears about this!

[@Flippin_Tables_Like_Jesus]

As one of those mid-range players, something definitely needs to be done. 5 New cards come out a month, and I'm lucky if I get 1. I've finished series 3 and now I have to slog my way through collectors tokens. Pretty much burnt out.

[@flare4488]

I went crazy hard into the game when it first released. For the first few months or so I was on top of anything the game was doing. After about half a year I dropped down to a super casual level, then just stop playing for a while. I came back after hearing about a new key word and I have been enjoying the game for the most part, but I am for sure in that middle category where I have most of series 3, some of series 4 and 5 but it feels like I am gonna have to play forever to get a lot of the powerful tech cards, especially since I am mostly free to play. Within the next year or two with them releasing new cards so rapidly, they are gonna have to make a way for new players to catch up with newer cards. I think big expansions like event is a great way they could accomplish this. Have a big bundle that will last for an entire season, and this bundle will give you one of the new season cards and specific variants for cards that would support them. For right now say there was a Madame Web/Araña season pack that gave you one of them and then gave a bunch of move cards that you wouldn't get until series 3 or beyond. Dagger, Human Torch, Hercules, and Ghost spider would be a great core and would easily compliment the cards you could get for move from series 1, 2 and early 3. Throw in some boosters and credits and maybe a card back and I feel like that would be a great bundle that you could build a lot of hype around and help build off the current season.

[@trubular6533]

im collection level 7.6k with $0 spent and i feel that u nailed my feelings about the game perfectly, its so so fun but also so disheartening to see how far behind u fall every time new cards come out, i get about 1 spotlight key per week, and generally i spend it and never save more than 2, because the thing that keeps me going is the want for new cards. but man it SUCKS when u dont get the cards u want, this spotlight i was missing all 3 cards, i wanted sage or arana, had 1 key cus i needed 2 to pull madame web and i got ms marvel. shes a new card which is cool but it sucks missing out on cards that u really wanted and know u might not see again for half a year. almost dropped the game twice now bc of that, hoping for some kind of better system at some point soon

[@darthgigglez1461]

I don’t know why but the 50 flying in the beginning made me laugh 😂

[@thebolt76]

I'm reaching that middle ground and its getting annoying. I feel like the algorithm intentionally puts you up against decks that are hard counters to your deck if you have been successful for a few games in a row. Sometimes the bots that you play against take forever for their turn and I feel like its generating the the counter to what I just played. Like they play a card that would never be in the type of deck they are playing but it is the perfect card to kill what I just played. Also get rid of the gold tickets and credits from the collectors reserves. There are 9 boxes to open before every spotlight key. Make 3 of them collector tokens, 3 titles/avatars and the last three cards broken up into 1 unowned, 1 variant of an owned card that you don't have a variant of and lastly 1 of a variant from a collection that yoh have the least amount of. Change all the credit drops from 50 to 100 along the path.

[@Karragh]

I stopped opening reserves for a while because I had held onto a small hope that they'd reverse course and make them good again, and I have accepted they won't at this point. But now I have SO MANY saved up, going back all the way to when they originally nerfed them, that I just can't be bothered to deal with how long it takes to do the opening for each individual one.

[@chaseparker5565]

Enjoy your family vacation Regis!! Appreciate your content

[@jessepoep]

They need to add a BattleRoyale/Draft mode quickly! to fix the beginner and middle group. So people can play with expensive cards and most imported learn how to use them before the invested it with there expensive currency's. Also RNG deck building is a lot of fun and is very attractive in most games. There are enough cards to play/build different deck archetypes with different setups. Would love to see that! Draft mode would also be ideal to play against friends in a fair way, And by the way, I am level 15000 now and I love the gameplay so much that I am very afraid of skipping a month and not being able to come back later because I missed some key cards. This is also a way to keep me attached,.... sadly

[@SnoopyKendall]

As someone who is both... and I don't know how to explain it, I guess as someone who is both really good and not good at all at the game (I ladder to usually the 80's and 90's, I've made Infinite once), I struggle with wanting to be competitive and ladder while also not wanting to just netdeck and grab one of the Top 20 decks that the Meta is clearly showing are the best. I'm stuck in this position where I want to be competitive but I don't wanna do it the way that the game has shown itself as the way to BE competitive. That's why I want them to put in more game modes. Draft modes where you're forced to create a deck randomly, maybe a tier list where you create decks but you can't use any of the Top 50 played cards, but also not have those rewards be shitty in comparison to just hitting the ladder.

[@omniomniomni]

I began playing Marvel Snap on a whim during the Loki season (basically a month or so before the first anniversary). I've done pretty well as far as card acquisition and such, but I am still missing a few cards. When my friends ask if I should play, I tell them no. I explain card acquisition and after they get over the sugar high of series 1-3, it's a crazy grind and money sink at this point. For players playing over a year or so, card acquisition isn't so bad. I can't image starting today and seeing so many great cards paywalled. Snap needs to transition to allowing new(ish) players to acquiring cards without spending huge money. They can do random packs of series 4 or 5 cards for a price. They can begin dropping cards in series. They can ease up on the cost of tokens (lol). This game is insanely expensive if you want to have cards and are new. For reference, I buy the season pass and some bundles / gold every month if it makes sense, which is about 15-30 bucks a month.

[@thetrueroman]

A lot of your past rants for the woes of the game at this state have encapsulated why I stopped playing. Please keep making these videos as I and many others ex-players are hoping for substantial changes to make coming back worth it.

[@onescenewonder8904]

the other problem with being a middle player is constantly going up against decks that are just fully complete, everything the deck needs is in the list. Im sitting here with a dozen decks that are missing key pieces, venom, nimrod, hazmat, taskmaster, shuri, the list goes on. Losing with those decks to players that have fuller collections really really really sucks. And then what am I gonna do? Wait until one of the 5 random systems randomly gives me a random card that i need? Which will still probably put my deck at 80% complete rather than 70....

[@cloudd6535]

I'm not trying to insult you or anything but, Lol not even a series 3 complete you think you're a middle player?, you're just a beginner. Just try to get cards for decks that you want the most at first, you'll be more competitive and have more fun instead of just whining.

[@Androiski]

i feel that, but you should also not look at what KZbinrs and Streamers do for their decks. You don't 'need' 12 specific cards to make a deck work. You can always find a replacement. But if you lack something it clearly sucks. I've played since Day 1 and don't have Knull, so it very much discourages me from playing high output destroy decks. Weeks when he is a spotlight have cards I dont want, so I just don't play destroy. But if destroy was one of the top decks I would be so angry to not have him. For example, this season despite having all the meta cards. I decided not to play the meta, it seemed boring. And I played an extremely anti-meta deck with Shadow King, Shang Chi, Mobius, Sera, Enchantress. It took me all the way to Infinite with basically only pool 3 cards (with some exceptions like mobius). And that's the problem the game has. Its hard to have fun cause whats fun is what costs money.

[@brennandodge9953]

⁠@@cloudd6535I feel like that’s what they’re describing? Also, Snap players mostly fall into the camp of not being S3 complete. Kinda feels like the definition of a middle player since you’re still getting S4 and S5 while you’re completing S3

[@brennandodge9953]

@onescenewonder8904 Really really make sure you like the game before committing (unless you’re F2P) because I completed S3 and had three decks ready to go before two got nerfed out of viability and one was not fun for the next several metas that came after I made it. I didn’t realize just how much the “normal” game was just the snap and how you manage the cubes to climb, and I realized I preferred a larger deck size so missing a card wasn’t as detrimental

[@Zemlja_je_ravna]

The best you can do is try to target cards that can build decks around them like Arishem, Loki and High Evo... Easy way to be semi competitive to climb the ladder and collect rewards.

[@AngryShooter]

I have my frustrations with Marvel Snap and I want it to get better but it is a fact that I keep on playing it, I'd be inconsolable if they let this game die for no reason.

[@ledsenkatt]

I had no idea Snap got some funding recently. In game it feels like they’re barely scraping by because of the lack of features and the constant bugs. Removing the double gold because they don’t like the economy meanwhile they dropped borders for 1K tokens and are still not dropping bundles for the small spenders is also very questionable to me. I remember the Aero bundle for £5 that I bought because of the price. I wish they’d do more. If inflation is their reasoning surely they could just make better bundles so more people buy them. It’s digital currency anyway. Also yeah that Surfer Hipp is awful

[@m.brillon8808]

I just forfeit my gold tickets. It gives me enough to buy a few things in shop.

[@Rothmorthau]

I left Marvel Snap after the revamp to collector reserves specifically because I saw the writing on the wall for how difficult it was going to be to keep up with a collection. I check in on Regis videos occasionally because I’d honestly come back if they changed the model, but there’s no way I would until something changes. Kinda sad, but I’ve moved on.

[@Zaris77]

I stopped playing around a month ago, but somehow i never missed any of Regis content since it's still fun to watch the gameplay and also to keep up with what's going on in MS nowadays

[@caioamichi9045]

If I hadn't bought Arishem, I would have given up playing Snap.

[@seessa4379]

I started about a week ago and have to say I feel the sluggishness of pool 3. In pool 1 and 2 you got cards constantly an now it’s sometimes. Plus the matches are starting to be against people on the 700-800 range will I’m at 490ish. Feeling like my pool 3 cards are lacking.

[@mait4051]

What i find that is insane is the random series 4/5 card can be one you already had and you just get a couple thousand collectors tokens. That, gold tickets in reserves, titles, avatars and pixel variants are intentionally undesirable to make people feel like they have to make purchases to get thing's they want. Single variants should not be worth $40 especially when not a single penny goes to the artists unless they commisioned the variant themselves, but the majority they take from variant comic covers. It does not feel like their goal is to make people happy with them. Series 5 cards should move to series 4 based on time and not how good the card is because that is basic pay to win mechanics

[@pingufanal9455]

Pretty much stopped playing after finding out, I can't get New cards anymore in the standard caches. Sad. Was a fun game.

[@randomhero6365]

Im surprised that snap pulls such low views in streaming. Like hearthstone for a while was one of the biggest categories on twitch.

[@joshgreer784]

Love the insight at the 2nd half of the video. Curious to hear your thoughts about theme-related things like the move-oriented bonuses in alliances this week. I've said for a while small "booster pack" bundles to shuffle into the current meta themes or faltering metas would be a great move. A few "powerless"/Evo cards for patriot or high Evo decks, or a small 3 card activate bundle to give that new ability a shot in the arm right out of the gate, etc.

[@iand9898]

Biggest things for me: better schedule for series drop (if they keep the current system), duplicate protection for keys mystery box (or increase tokens along with better series drop schedule)

[@tedt670]

I can’t fathom why they removed unlocking cards via collection reserves once you complete pool 3. That rush of dopamine after hitting a card you wanted for a while was worth the wait. If they reintroduced that with spotlight cache and tokens, it would somewhat speed up card acquisition. Not to mention the fact they haven’t dropped any cards to series 3 in months and when they do drop cards, it’s always cards that mostly suck in the meta or no one wants. When I finally unlock cards that allow me to play a ‘meta’ deck, it’s months too late and it’s no longer the meta. Incredibly frustrating.

[@speertime]

I remember when I unlocked Knull in a collection reserve after playing for a couple weeks or months and it felt like hitting the jackpot. I haven't felt that feeling since. Now you just do the collection track so you can get a key so you can maybe unlock a new card that maybe helps you climb a little bit. You just get boosters and credits that makes the cycle repeat.

[@FlailingUnderground]

These videos are why I stopped buying anything beyond the Season Pass and have over 600 unopened reserves. It's just not worth it and needs addressed.

[@huggernautsux]

Regis "Not a big baby guy" Killbin

[@Unibot47]

Spot on. I remember as a new player I thought the game seemed very generous for a f2p because I was getting new cards all the time. And then it came to a halt. I think I was like 4500-5000CL before I was series 3 complete. The person who I imagine has the worst experience possible is someone who takes any time away from the game for any time at all.

[@MakoTrevelyan]

That silver surfer variant reminds me of Buffalo Bill in the nude tucking it back. It’s a bit haunting.

[@supernerdlove4979]

Series Drops!!! I understand they maybe can’t do it as frequently as they did at the start, but they essentially don’t do it at all.

[@PettyGamerBoy]

Regis I appreciate your rant. I don’t like the collection progression style! There’s no “dust” currency. I loved hearthstone because I could play any deck if I really really wanted. Just dust stuff to make the deck. But I’ve been trying to get venom to complete my destroy deck for literally 2 years and I haven’t gotten it yet. Wtf! 2 years and I still don’t have a series 3 card?!How am I supposed to enjoy these new cards if there’s a very real possibility that I’ll never experience them unless I grind for literally years. This ain’t a 401K dammit! It’s a video game!!!!

[@hawkeyes2814]

Marvel Snap as been fun for me so far. I started earlier this year and have progressed quickly by just focusing on missions and upgrading cards.

[@Unibot47]

SD could be significantly less greedy and still make a killing. I will say I'm just grateful there's no ads in the mobile app. That would drive me away for sure.

[@urty24]

I think they should start selling cards and card packs for new and returning players. It was really fun in the beginning that everyone had different collections and no one could buy their way to collection complete but now there are enough veterans in the game that have collection complete or close to it that I think it's more important to allow new players some sort of catch up mechanic.

[@MrGentlly]

Don’t hate on Hipp surfer man. I love that one with the gold split. Pose a little goofy though I agree lol. I am a Hipp collector though so bias is real and I’ll agree it’s not one of the better ones but the gold split looks 🔥 on it

[@zacframe9774]

I vicariously live through you Regis. I loved this game but it became too expensive and as a competitive gamer not being able to unlock new cards at a rate that seemed reasonable killed this game for me

[@fakerrain]

Thanks for these videos. Saves me from opening mine.

[@Skkull]

A month ago I realized that playing Snap daily felt more like a chore than something I was choosing to do for fun and I noticed that I was having more fun watching you and tlsg play the game than play it myself. The only way I'm coming back to the came is if they add some big interesting mode to change things up a bit, and no I don't mean Deadpool's Diner or Leagues or Alliances, I want something actually fun for a casual player.

[@t1lt252525]

Suddenly! a Regis video!

[@dlife8564]

How r u able to have 18collectors keys and only buy the pass and the daily gold? I’m struggling so much with getting enough keys.

[@secondcitywolverine]

One of the hardest things for me has been the lack of a deck tracker. I play on mobile bc my MacBook won't play Snap on it. And while the Untapped mobile tracker is good for gathering stats, it's no comparison to remembering what you have left in deck and what cards your opponent has played.

[@ProMazeus]

Second Dinner is working on DC Snap!

[@vpaku]

as part of the "middle-ground players" that is currently suffering due to card acquisitions taking literal ages to make the decks u want i was ecstatic to hear about snap packs like waow! a way to get card by normally playing!! amazing! sometjing to keep me hooked!! and then the datamines showed ">limited time event" and i just :/

[@dirtycrimeboi6178]

I'm definitely feeling the hitting walls and slowing to a crawl problem with the progression and I've been playing for a while, I enjoy the game but FUCK it turns into an absolute slog to get the cards I want and then I miss out on them, I refuse to pay for the season pass because money is very tight right now.

[@ProbablyLuciat]

I’m definitely in that middle ground, I love the game and watch basically all of your videos but simply don’t have the bulk cards to be able to enjoy it as much playing myself where I always feel like my decks are missing those few key cards to make them viable. I can only hope I can stick through it long enough to get those lucky few draws I guess

[@LaserfaceJones]

I'd stopped playing for a while until Arishem dropped. I started playing again hard. Anecdotal, sure, but if they'd drop archetype enabling cards like it at a discount or free every couple months, they'd keep bringing people back.

[@HoodNinja29]

I think that the people that get treated THE WORST are the returning players, like you mentioned in the video. I returned after a couple of months at a CL 3k+ and saw all those Spotlight keys thar counted as redeemed but when I redeemed them they were regular caches that gave me trash like titles or profile pictures. It felt HORRIBLE

[@themarvelfan616]

Dude, I’m totally going to click ‘like’. I really don’t care you’re awesome, Regis. Love everything you do

[@mait4051]

The Phoenix Force is to Jean Grey as the Symbiote is to Spider-Man

[@venomousprime1468]

I'm still relatively new to the game so I don't think I've quite hit that middle ground that you spoke about. For instance, I'm still getting new cards (Series 3 cards) through regular progression but they seem to be coming fewer and far between. I have found it frustrating dealing with the whole Spotlight Keys situations though... there have been a few times now that I really wanted to get that new card and spend 2-3 keys and still don't get it. Thankfully, some of the other cards included in those spotlight caches are cards that I still don't have but I can imagine how frustrating it will be as my collection grows. The new cards are Series 5 now right? So I wonder why Second Dinner hasn't started letting Series 4 cards be acquired through regular progression (or maybe they have?). All in all, I enjoy the game but think I'm almost to that middle ground you spoke of. I hope they figure it out though because it is still an enjoyable game.

[@R33Bandit]

One of the issues everyone i have suggested play snap have complained about is the matchmaking. So i created a new account a while ago and just play it super casually. Collection score is about 4k, never hit inf, highest rank ever maybe.....85? I queued 10 matches in a row lastnight and actually inspected each profile. Every single one was highest rank inf, collection score on ALL TEN was 15k-25k. so an account which has never been beyond 80/85 and collection score is around 3900, being matched constantly against far, FAR higher ranked players. Sometimes people just want to casually play an unusual deck to try out some different cards, and with ZERO pve option its kind of shit. They could at least add a bot/pve mode for people to just try out wierd combos and play for fun instead of ranks.

[@VernulaUtUmbra]

As someone who played the game and bounced off of it, there have been a ton of new cards I've wanted to play with. Cards that have gotten me super excited to pick up the game again. Then I remembered how messed up card acquisition is and how I never got the cards I actually wanted anyway, and it just becomes a case of "Why bother". I can't get the cards, can't make the decks, can't really care. The thing that is keeping players bouncing off of Marvel Snap is entirely SD's decision that people shouldn't have a full collection unless they're willing to dump thousands of dollars into the game or No Life it. I wouldn't even need a full collection if I could only get the cards I wanted instead of saving up a ton of Tokens over the course of several months and then hope one of the cards I need appears.

[@VernulaUtUmbra]

Baron Zemo, for instance. Came back for Baron Zemo, never got Gladiator to make the Mill Deck.

[@shanedbunting]

When i was a kid , i went to a year round school in california. It put all the kids on a few differnt "tracks" so that so that , if i remember correctly, 1/3 or so of the students were on a month long break while the other tracks were in schoo for 3 months in a row till they get one month off. I say this beacuse i would not ve aurpirised if there is sometjingdeep in the code that does something similar to the player base in Snap. At any given time whatever "hidden track" you are on is "luckier" or "unluckier" and you get better "RNG" as a result. But i am most likely wrong , as i am most of the time.

[@babbyrabbi4184]

It is not even just that it feels bad to not get new cards when you hit series 3. The random order of the card progression means you get so many half complete deck synergies that feel clunky as hell to play. Unless you are down to jam one of the first 3 archtypes they push (on reveal, ongoing, zoo) imo you can't really do much. I honestly think the random order of unlocking cards is cool and its cool to have different ones than my friends. But they should at least let you unlock certain archtypes in a row. It is so frustrating to have like 3 cards out of 5 important ones for every deck.

[@MaximumDraculaX]

I put a Neon Blue border on that same Omega Red as soon as I got the gold. It looks sick! Pretty similar reaction to your opinions, that Surfer is doing a mean lean.

[@dropelaves]

Nah, that Silver Surfer is utter ass. This coming from a player who generally enjoys Dan Hipp...aaaand SIlver Surfer is one of, if not my most liked archetype

[@speertime]

Same

[@stratus42]

There are many issues with Snap, but I'm still mad about the Destroyer change (nerf). They ruined the card for me

[@richieagame503]

What if surfer was getting ready for a spin. Hands lit leg cocked over. Little space damce battle. 😆

[@alpharius9x660]

And dam near 100$ for a new card is crazy!!!

[@fat_astr0naut]

Thanks for ruining that dan hipp Silver Surfer for me 🤣

[@Heatmizer42]

Ya its basically impossible for me to recommend the game to anyone anymore. Im kind of just waiting till i run out of keys to stop playing anymore. And its 100% because of the card acquisition. If it take a break i will never catch up again to the point that im at. Also my CL is 13k+ just for reference. I looooove the gameplay but when a game starts to feel like you have to play a little everyday to keep up thats when I move on. Thanks for the thoughts Regis! You're my favorite snap creator!

[@Sylith242]

I thought that was the normal response ! 😂

[@tiskobe1747]

I heard the idea of a mega deck game made where you have a couple of more cards then normal and I think that it is a interesting idea with some potential

[@tanweijian5576]

Ez fix for marvel snap spotlight cache is that you garuntee a card that you dont own when you hit the fourth cache(unknown)

[@H.yeon_su]

Hey Regis, off topic from this video but I think it’ll be really cool if you made a Jean Grey Guardians style deck, and then put madame web in the deck so you can keep spreading that power from the guardians cards to the other lanes

[@paulbrown9328]

Sunspot needs a buff at this stage of the game. Maybe plus 2 for each unspent energy just to catch up with all the current craziness.

[@livolas]

That is a little extreme. Maybe if he starts off with 2 power he should be good enough.

[@xLJKxDeuce1107]

I’m sure Second dinner has a slew of modes and features they want in the game but it takes time and testing and a lot of patience lol

[@RedMage95]

I've never liked the disparity between how they advertise the game as easy to f2p when the shop is chock full of expensive bundles containing key archtype cards like venom all the time.

[@sethmichener9871]

I'm absolutely ticked this season, I wanted some of the new cards and ended up opening 5 spotlight caches. I got variant variant tokens tokens variant. It just feels so bad

[@zacharycheckley1311]

Just opened 100 reserves (my first time ever, because I like watching Regis do it) sadly my rewards were underwhelming, lots of pixels and tokens. But hey, that's something..