Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links is a Beautiful Mess

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[@Dzeeff]

As many of you know, this is a video that I've worked on for weeks now, and I'm excited to finally show it to the public. I know it's longer than all of my other videos, but I really did try to cut as much of the blank space out of the video as possible. If you'd like to watch the video in sections, here are some timestamps for that: 0:00 - Introduction 3:33 - The Good Stuff 8:50 - Problem 1 17:21 - Problem 2 33:45 - Problem 3 40:40 - Conclusion

[@Br0oham]

Just a heads up Problem 2's timestamp is connected to 3's time

[@eaglewarrior21]

Dude, Don't miss on the Yubel event! At least unlock her!

[@Sh1ranu1]

I’m sorry competitive DL players there’s so much wrong with this game and it’s definitely a casual game and as a note chilling in Gold allows you to see all sorts of creative decks that aren’t meta decks or degenerate decks so even if you see all these problems it still makes for a fun casual game P.S. as a note about not being able to see how far you are from next ranks there are fighting games that don’t tell you where you stand and as a fighter game player I’m used to the mystery promotion match, not to be nitpicky it’s just a thing that I noticed

[@aliceshiki8069]

Max Rochester Dunno about Mortal Kombat, but you can at least see your points in Street Fighter, you do have a good notion of when you're close to rank up or down, so... I think that's not the case?

[@Sh1ranu1]

Alice Shiki I played a lot of tekken and no one knew what the point system was until someone mined out the data themselves Like Tekken Tag 2 was just “oh hey look it’s a promotion match” that’s why I’m familiar with the unknown rank ups

[@Cimoooooooo]

44 minutes. *Grabs Popcorn*

[@noahhernandez1925]

Cimoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Please do a meta analysis...

[@CrimsoniteSP]

So true, although it was a very well put video. Didn't feel like 44 minutes to me.

[@GG_Nowa]

Cimoooooooo share some with us poor doods

[@zerocool8218]

Hey Cimo, i would actually be really interested to see a video similar to this with your take on duel links. I know the game itself has proven to be pretty divisive but as one of my go to yugitubers id definitely value an opinion from you on how this effects the game at large and what you think having two consecutive metas(digital and physical) running at the same time in such different formats does to the game as a whole.

[@Awzn123]

Cimoooooooo 😂

[@diamonddgz4148]

Duel links is a blossom that could be a beautiful flower if Konami didn’t use gasoline as fertilizer while they flick ashes from their cigarettes on it.

[@zanwen]

That's the most accurate thing i have ever read in my life

[@IrrelevantOaf]

I couldn't help but think of Ash Blossom when reading that comment.

[@emperorpicard7222]

What, are you implying that Konami is run by self sabotaging dipshits?

[@HatsuneInku]

@@emperorpicard7222 lol

[@HepburnLove2526]

this is too poetic for our comprehension

[@TrueGamerGurl]

It feels as if people always start off with Red Eyes Fusion these days xd

[@PokemustardtheSecond]

God forbid if they don’t start out the duel with Red-Eyes Slash Dragon. It’s mostly just annoying for me since I run Six Sam and Slash Dragon can attack over all my monsters. But I still manage. (Dual Wield is kinda bullshit sometimes XD)

[@TrueGamerGurl]

@@PokemustardtheSecond that's all that I ever encounter, my sanctuary in the sky deck needs a bit of time to get to the good parts, since I need to get that field spell out and Valhalla hall of the fallen too. I usually get lucky and get both out fairly quickly, but most of the time it's too late for me since their Slash Dragon already has an equipped card, so that costs me more materials with Master Hyperion xdd Gets even better when they use Red Eyes Black Dragon Sword xddd

[@greenlink445]

@@PokemustardtheSecond dude dual wield is the most annoying thing ever.

[@mikaspence2278]

sorry :c

[@williamthomas895]

it is all i have as a okay fluent deck to go by since i cant buy cards at all

[@chaserseven2886]

This game gave me an opportunity to play with other people

[@MrGshinobi]

This comment says a lot about how much the yugioh community needs a GOOD oficial yugioh online simulator

[@Verde4755]

You can use dueling book, it has a traditional mode if you are not into new Yu-Gi-Oh!

[@jeckrucel0001]

exactly, the closest city where I live is 1 hour trip, and I have my doubts if there are any specific store for TCG in general, probably, but would have to research a lot, and then it would be 1h one way and 1h back, 2 bus passages, and if I find someone next to play, we would both have to buy new cards often just to try out new deck, new extrategies etc, in some cases TCG in real life simply is not viable = /

[@sockfish123]

I've met a lot of people online who's locals stopped hosting yugioh so they're just satisfied to have access to Duel Links.

[@wyspreegamings6380]

TRUTH

[@odnd2882]

As someone that can't play TCG or OCG because money and location, I'm really enjoy playing duel links without paying a single dollar. This game have a lot of problems but you can ignor them. Duel links is nice free replacement for the pizical yu gi oh and it really enjoyable

[@jeremyranger4260]

well its cool until you get good and try to get better.You just hit that brick wall and the only way around it is to join the "i spent hundreds of dollars on this deck now I have to waste my life grinding for a SLIGHT chance of coming out on top" club...which completely ruins it for me

[@itsMakkura]

Duel links actually got me back into yugioh. I need to build a deck irl but I have no one to play against.

[@cmoney163]

For me it got me into Yu-Gi-Oh for the first time, used to watch the anime and play the video games, but never started collecting cards, building decks, etc. til now

[@jameswaynereviews4405]

@@cmoney163 year late but same here brotha 🙏🏾

[@longhappyfrog]

I quit after awhile once i realized that you need to spend almost as much as the regular game to play a virtual one, they also turned into greedy pigs overtime slowly lowering the ability to get gems for free throughout the games life span and then making you spend alot of gems to get the new set to then ban them a month and a half later.

[@kazumakariama]

Flyingfrogs ES that’s so true XD

[@yobabydaddy23]

Just quit for 3 months and come back when a Sr event comes I always get 7 Sr or like 2 S or something it's not bad it's just fun lol

[@lurano8472]

The problem with Duel Links that Konami showed today with the release of 5DS is this: Konami doesn't give a shit about it's players. Duel Links used to be an excellent, truly free-to-play game. Anyone could play their favorite decks and stood a chance in the competitive scene, all without spending money. Today, Duel Links is a competitive failure. Meta decks overrule the competitive scene. Strong cards are hidden in Main Boxes. The free gems players once could receive through leveling up or from the worlds have either been removed or reduced. It was already bad enough. And now this. 5DS world. The cards made available at the gate are almost all completely useless. Most of the gate duelists don't even have Synchro Monsters made available. The music, while not bad by any means, has lost the greatness that the previous 2 generations had. Worst of all? Stardust Dragon, the goddamn ACE CARD of the PROTAGONIST of 5DS is locked behind a massive paywall. Sure, the skill gives you 1 Stardust in your Extra Deck, but you should be able to use your ace AND have other skills to boost. Black Rose Dragon and the other ace cards of the gate duelists are also all being thrown into boxes from what I can tell. Konami has turned the game from a fun F2P game to a money-grabbing cash cow. And they probably won't change it. Kinda ruined this whole super hyped event for me. Also they turned Dark Magic Curtain from R to UR for some reason. Not a complaint, but that's weird

[@GolDRoger-kn5kw]

now it's even worse. since they added ancient gear dragon as pay only super meta pay to win deck.

[@B0K0691]

I mean, are you even surpised? It's Komoney

[@kos3272]

Gol D. Roger you mean reactor dragon

[@ItsBradazHD]

Time to sit down and check out probably the biggest and fairest TCG Yugituber "review"; Looking forward to hearing all of your thoughts Doug!

[@0scarWalsh]

While I agree that this video and his recent Duel Links stuff was extremely fair, this is the same guy who said "I got to Gold in ranked so I understand the meta quite well" Edit: Apparently I was wrong

[@Dzeeff]

I actually said the exact opposite of that, Oscar. Go troll somewhere else lol

[@mrmorphling4362]

Oscar Walsh rekt

[@0scarWalsh]

@@Dzeeff sorry if I misremembered, I thought you did say something along the lines of when you spoke about using that Dino deck with a couple of handtraps.

[@arcsoulphantom2678]

ItsBradazHD a good showing of how a tcg KZbinr can connect the bridge with duel links player

[@TonyBMan]

Turn one: six hundred cards drawn, three monsters with ATK 5000 on the board, continuous spells galore and my entire opening setup is wiped off the board....heart of the cards indeed.

[@messiah1915]

Turn One against the Vagabond and you go first: *Literally every high level monster and maybe a spell card* Happens 80% of the time I ever face him. Fate of brick hands.

[@eulefranz944]

I have the feeling that you are one if the few if not the only yugituber who is really skilled in analysing the game/ the state of things in general. Not only can you analyse it very well but your presentation and how you express your arguments is top notch! Clear structure, well presented and researched. Who csn ask for more? Keep it up! And do not be afraid of doing longer videos like these, a few not to many to scare away your audience, but some of these can really be interesting:)

[@zerocool8218]

I completely agree with this, your videos are always very concise and well put together. The video essay format you do is great and it definitely keeps me coming back and digging through your back catalog. I like a lot of yugitubers, and i love a good meta analysis, or budget cards video, but i think the way you breakdown very small things that can be complicated in a way that is easy to digest really goes a long way, some of your videos on card interactions and analysis have been easy recommendations for people i know who are new to the game, between that and Cimo's how to series you guys always have me covered. Specifically the video on how face down banished cards work was actually really helpful recently for a friend of mine so thanks.

[@ShiroPlay5]

Duel Links definitely helped my friend and I get back into playing ygo. Its definitely a fun way to waste time and my favorite mobile game. I spend way more money on the tcg now than I do on duel links lol but that's also because I like having main phase 2 and more zones & lp

[@BosSoxFan15]

I completely agree with you Doug about the banlist. Its a train wreck and super poorly managed. I also want to say that no where has Konami told Duel Links players that their SRs or their URs are safe from the banlist and I think that hitting cards like princess, TTH, and others would make the game way more fun and diverse.

[@BosSoxFan15]

I disagree. I think that the same people who spent hundreds of dollars on Anki are spending money on most of the boxes and would like to see the variety in the game. Konami shouldn't make your favorite deck unplayable but they should diversify a meta that hasn't shifted since the start of summer or even before.

[@BosSoxFan15]

If Duel Links remains diverse and interesting more people will play and stick around. I haven't touched the game since the new main box because all the same decks are meta except vamps. Player retention is an important part of any game's cash flow.

[@MarioGiustizia]

BosSox I disagree 100% For starters Konami only “killed” 2 regular decks. Cyber angels and sylvans, and most would argue those were the most hated decks in this history’s existence besides degenerate decks like the bamboo ftk (which they also killed). The system works fine IMO. Decks we have multiple viable decks like vampires, spellbooks, UA, Hero, furries, and Amazoness, as well as powerful rogue decks like last gamble koaki meru and batteryman (players hit top 500 world with these decks), SSA, and hazy flames. They all play pretty differently from eachother as well. We’re an effect veiler away from a decently diverse meta. But I don’t see the issue with the banlist. Especiallly when people completely exaggerate how many decks Konami has killed, which is literally just 2 and like 2 FTKs. And the irony of hitting princess. For starters they have no problems hitting her since she isn’t a UR. Secondly hitting her would kill the deck, exactly what Doug just said he didn’t want to happen, and most people agree with. I personally think swordswoman should go instead because she gives the deck a second win condition it doesn’t need.

[@IrrelevantOaf]

Synchros are coming so people may come back. I know I am.

[@user-tq6ek4yt1d]

It would be fine if they gave compensation for banning sr or ur cards.

[@RandomAllen]

27:18 Hey! If you've never used poly to fuse a mammoth graveyard with a Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon to slowly lower it's attack then you're not a real duelist!

[@darianalexander5503]

Video dropped the day they announced the 5Ds update.

[@garedbi]

F

[@bbvestieofthemagbloodaltar7665]

@@garedbi It's Dio :O

[@meowistforlife]

Bad luck

[@jaquen1527]

Being a competitve F2P player is horrible. Konami have continued to do a mass nerfing of Gems since July. You are forced to skip boxes till your deck can no longer stand a chance, spend money or start a new account. It's unstainable for the paying players too. I've dropped over $100 on outdated cards with no values.

[@wyspreegamings6380]

It's meh

[@pictureperfect6556]

Being f2p competitively in most card games is impossible. Not the yugioh tcg. Not Magic. Hearthstone, if you play it reaaaally smart with your dust, and play alot, can work. Overall you are probably in the wrong game genre.

[@phantomnite]

I've survived just fine as a competitive f2p

[@giannispapakrivopoulos5455]

@@phantomnite f2p player here too and I have built masked heroes, vampires, sylvans, amazoness, fur hires, blue eyes and six samurai. It is possible but it requires a lot of time and a little bit of luck.

[@phantomnite]

@@giannispapakrivopoulos5455 exactly, it's possible and more fun in my opinion

[@misplaymaker]

**Not an overused joke comment section**

[@Mr-ubs]

Meteroxin thank you

[@aimilist]

this joke is so meta it kicked amazoness out of the tier list

[@ilianc.r.9236]

The Critic loool

[@blacktimhoward4322]

miss

[@uh_toastie5532]

Duel links got me into Yu-Gi-Oh to begin with. Even when I hate it, it’ll still have a place in my heart

[@webdweb1290]

Howdy dzeeff Couldn't agree with you more about life cost 0. Favorite comeback was activating Burst Rebirth to special summon face-down Worm Victory during the battle phase, after my opponent blew-up my board with Stein/Double Gatling/Ultimate Dragon Combo. I've never felt better watching his board blow up, only to kill my opponent with a 300 attack from Apocalypse. F e e l s G o o d

[@wat007]

I've been waiting for this video for awhile now 🍿

[@sodoyoulikecheese6860]

wat007 big fan dude keeps us updated bro

[@Hornetog9vp]

It 43:59 minutes long

[@GhostrickYT]

Same

[@andreelmatacoronavirusquin1322]

I've always wanted long form content from you dzeef

[@axlezation]

I feel like wna rank down just to enjoy fighting less cancerous decks

[@Strife1425]

Same

[@MrAmazingJeff]

I’d love to see you do a video on Duel Links currently since it would be really interesting to see your take on the game where it currently is.

[@kazumakariama]

I love this video for multiple reasons. Honestly Dzeef i think this is my favourite video of yours. To start off I started playing the TCG through Duel Links. I’m also an F2P Player on Duel Links. Everything said in this video is true but i cannot relate to the whaling part lol. Um. I’ve been playing Duel Links since day one. & in the beginning the game was flawless to me because it distributed Gems as a reward and there weren’t many boxes early on. I was a blue eyes player which was one of the only F2P competitively viable decks for a long time. Ever since about a year ago i’d say, they pushed out boxes & slowed gem acquisition by A LOT. I’m lucky to even have a masked hero deck or my other decks that i love so much. I’m a casual at heart on this game & i’ve never reached Legend or KoG’s & honestly i’ve had fun. So much fun. This game is great but i hate Konami for shitting on F2P players like me recently. The one benefit to being a F2P though is when you need one more card to complete your Masked heroes after opening packs for about 5 months & finally get your 2nd & then 3rd Anki. I jumped & screamed & everyone in my classroom looked at me, but i only get that kind if energy when i put hard work into it & honestly... that sums up a F2P duel links players life in general. Hard work with some pay off.

[@kazumakariama]

I love this video for multiple reasons. Honestly Dzeeff i think this is my favourite video of yours. To start off I started playing the TCG through Duel Links. I’m also an F2P Player on Duel Links. Everything said in this video is true but i cannot relate to the whaling part lol. Um. I’ve been playing Duel Links since day one. & in the beginning the game was flawless to me because it distributed Gems as a reward EQUALLY mind you, and there weren’t many boxes early on. I was a blue eyes player which was one of the only F2P competitively viable decks for a long time. Ever since about a year ago i’d say, they pushed out boxes & slowed gem acquisition by A LOT. I’m lucky to even have a masked hero deck or my other decks that i love so much. I’m a casual at heart on this game & i’ve never reached Legend or KoG & honestly i’ve had fun. So much fun. This game is great but i hate Konami for shitting on F2P players like me recently. The one benefit to being a F2P though is when you need one more card to complete your Masked heroes after opening packs for about 5 months & finally get your 2nd & then 3rd Anki. I jumped & screamed & everyone in my classroom looked at me, but i only get that kind of energy when i put hard work into it & honestly... that sums up a F2P duel links players life in general. Hard work with some pay off.

[@Sh1ranu1]

Kazuma Kariama OMG me too, I’m F2P since day one and I noticed that the box after box after box caused me to fall back on some amazing decks but as a company Konami works for the whales which is a damn shame but if you’ve stuck around as a F2P it also feels soooo great to just have the variety of cards that you, a player who has worked for those cards, and you’re able to adapt because you worked for it

[@kazumakariama]

Max Rochester haha, exactly!

[@sadriposting]

Hahahah i thought i was the only one to jump when i receive my third Anki and Mask change, long live f2p players

[@JanJanNik]

me I was happy about getting a second Anki, but then realized Masked HEROes nowadays are worthless without 3x Elemental HERO Stratos, which was pretty much only available to spenders and is now unobtainable.

[@rosewarrior706]

I recommend duel links for new players who find yugioh complex and are scared to get into it

[@r3zaful]

It's now complicated with the introduction of crystron and rb

[@rosewarrior706]

reza wahyu is it?

[@lorenzopalpacelli2245]

@@rosewarrior706 Nope lol

[@steeltuff1]

this aged like milk

[@BosSoxFan15]

You didn't talk about it in the section of obtaining cards but I wanted to talk about reprints. The entire idea of reprints in the TCG seems to be getting expensive cards into budget players' hands after a certain period of time ( i don't play the tcg someone tell me I'm off base). The entire idea of reprints in Duel Links to me seems like filler cards for these selection boxes that primarily whales will spend a lot of money on to get a couple of new cards before they are released in a proper box. The selection boxes are really bad. They only allow a set amount of gems to be spent on them and contain a combination of new, old out dated, and relevant cards from the previous months. I think this reprint system is completely broken and dumb. My thought would be that konami should release a mini box or a main box that are only reprints. In the boxes cards that were previously UR would then be SR, SRs would be rares and you could have a new set of UR cards in the box. I think these reprint boxes should be mini boxes to fit the number of cards without being ridiculous. The reason this should happen to me is because basically any box before the Fur Hire Box and especially the Spellbook box is completely irrelevant in terms of competitive play. That being said there are plenty of competitive staple cards that could make their way into the meta or be in the meta currently such as floodgate traphole, Cosmic Cyclone, SSA, Masked Change and Forbidden Chalice just to name a few. These cards are buried in boxes that otherwise are very bad and those specific cards could eventually make their way into the hands of more budget players. A Mini box with 2 new UR cards and a bunch of competitive staple cards that are printed in lower rarity every 6 months could be really good for the game and make competitive duel links more accessible. Finally, I know that ppl will be upset that their cosmic cyclone is a UR while someone else's is just an SR so I think that konami could introduce some sort of bling factor to all the higher rarity versions of cards when they receive reprints to show in game that "hey my cosmic cyclone is an UR". I don't know what kind of shiny effect they should add but all yugioh players love having blinged out cards and decks and I think it is something that Konami does really well in the tcg, but has not expanded on at all in Duel links. If you read this entire comment for whatever reason thanks for listening to me and I apologize for any spelling errors that may have confused any of you.

[@zerocool8218]

What is interesting about this is that you are completely right and konami has already implemented a way to make this worthwhile with the "shiny" or "prismatic" cards. If you use these in your deck your rewards at the end of a duel are better. The issue is that the rewards suck. A simple tweak to this system to have it be based on rarity and make the rewards not you know......suck, would incentivize players who want the higher rarities to get them(and spend more money in the process) while letting budget and F2P players enjoy being competitive and play relevant strategies without having to fork over their paycheck in the process.

[@Marcusjnmc]

selection boxes are a great concept imo, just the purchase limit is crap

[@zerocool8218]

@@Marcusjnmc I think the concept is sound, the execution is flawed imo.

[@adriannaranjo4397]

That is a completely viable way to make those giant ancient boxes that are basically unusable somewhat worthwhile. Even if its just a paywall blocked, 50-ish box that just gives you *hope* at getting the mandatory UR to make a deck functional Unfortunately something like that #komoney would avoid like the plague, because it is something that doesn't lower gem drops/would drive people away from spending more money on those shitty, older boxes

[@zerocool8218]

@@adriannaranjo4397 In the long run they are going to have to figure something out. As the game progresses powercreep is going to cycle out the old boxes so they will need to find a way to keep the older cards fresh. They are a business first and I completely understand that but keeping the game state healthy draws more people, keeping the rewards coming at a metered but continual pace keeps people playing longer and the longer people play the more money they spend. I don't know the solution but I know that Konami will need to address these issues at some point of they want to continue drawing players and keeping their base playing. A game can totally be profitable and have a Happy player base lol, it isn't easy, but it is definitely possible.

[@thestylemage2092]

With Synchros coming to Duel Links and Duel Links being known for offering a home to TCG-rejects what decks do you think have some potential? I hope for Speedroids or X-Saber (not 5DS, but we got Gem-Knights relatively quick after GX).

[@ryanford1267]

Spoilers Speedroids are in the game and are good

[@vietbritney]

Great video! A lot of valid points. I’d like to add that for the sales that occasionally occur in the game, the SR and UR given to players are at random from the pack, independent from what has already been purchased from the pack so most of the time you would end up with multiple copies of SR’s and UR’s that you don’t need. They should change this to allow more control for paying players. Great job! I never get sick of listening to you ranting, dude!

[@joshuaandrecervantes3951]

What are your thoughts on 5D's being added to Duel Links? Note: I'm writing this comment before watching the video because I'm at work as I'm typing this lol. If mentioned in the video, I'll get to it as soon as I can.

[@elisha7231]

Idk, I stopped and came back after gx then left and am coming back for 5ds. I feel like theres a group of people like me that do this

[@oxy8821]

tim5fl I think it’s gonna be exciting since there is gonna be another set of summoning and will take more skill

[@justintaylor8605]

lol, Anime Impact cna leave the game whenever he want. He will change nothing to this game. He's just supporting cheaters and posts stupid rants.

[@justintaylor8605]

+tim5fl His departure doesn't matter at all. He can stay wherever he wants and play the other fake yu-gi-oh! games again until he comes back because they are all shit.

[@raxos787]

5ds in like 5 days WOOOO!

[@gabestig]

WOW!!!, excellent job, man!!! I really enjoy this video. Also I think we needed people like you for a pretty long time. Your skilled TCG player perspective is very useful to understand the core of the issues in the game. I wish Konami could take note of your thoughtful considerations and suggestions. Thank you taking this big effort and shared it with us!!!

[@BusterBeachside]

The way you felt against Cyber Stein is the way I felt when I started seeing nothing but Cyber Angels in ranked. I quit back then because nothing else could even compare to that deck and I was not only having trouble gathering the required cards for it myself (And most [all?] were just LD drops, not even from boxes, I just got really bad RNG), but I also had a part of me who didn't WANT to play the deck because of how clearly broken they were. They eventually got hit, but it was too little too late for me. I've started playing again recently, though, and while it's an almost entirely different game from what it was back then, I've been enjoying it a lot. Although I don't know ANY of the current meta decks, so I don't bother with Ranked unless it's to complete some event mission or something that I REALLY want to clear. Not because "Oh no, I'm afraid of losing", but because every card has an entire novel printed on it that I don't have time to read and understand. On top of some players who apparently like to sit and wait for the voice lines to complete or something, because they spend AGES to decide something as simple as saying, "No, I don't want to activate my Raigeki Break on my own monster in response to my opponent's graveyard effect going off while they have literally no cards on the field". Like, I can't just pause the game if someone walks in to talk to me or I accidentally knock over my drink and have to scramble to get a towel... Be respectful of your opponent's time!!! 😒 But eh, guess you'll be happy, because Cyber Stein became one of the first straight-up Forbidden cards in Duel Links. Sucks too, because I was using him as a win condition for a Life Gain deck that used Fairy monsters and didn't even utilize Life Gain 0. xD I'm glad they banned him instead of nerfing the skill though, as I've been using it together with Aromages and the Winged Dragon of Ra to run an actually pretty consistent farm deck (Gain LP, dump it all into Ra, use Life Cost 0 to destroy your opponent's monster with Ra's effect for free, then attack for over 10k damage for the result screen bonus. I'm probably not the first to come up with the idea, but it's pretty swank, haha).

[@patrickmclaughlin5533]

@dzeeff you should make another video like this to re evaluate the game. I’d be interested in what you think of it now with the additions and updates made since you made the vid!

[@christianbaker3564]

Lol it's still the same. Just snagged kog and I'm out. The meta still has all the problems he was talking about it's just different decks now.

[@edule1]

Not a TCG channel

[@mrkilljr.8743]

I would like to participate on a real tcg simulator with physical rewards being shipped to your local OTS store for you to pick up. And in the purchase of special editions products or promos you get a code to exchange for dlc packs in the app simulator. Imagine the possibilities!!!

[@TheLK641]

About the last point : I have a solution. You know these tickets you get ? I want a UR card from an old set. Why in the world can't I trade the ticket for the card ? I'm a new player, I want to do a basic casual ritual deck, I have to buy full priced full sized box with literally 2 cards worth anything in them. Why ? Let me spend my gems on the specific cards directly, let me spend my tickets on card directly, let me trade these cards. There's no reason for this packs to still be around, they've lost all their value.

[@ikrena4701]

Or just do a dust system like hs does

[@RyuuuGamingUnlimited]

Great video! Konami should watch this and try to solve the things you pointed out. The challenges to getting cards, the straightforward OTK meta that doesn't require any kind of thinking/options, the addition of hand traps making the game less auto win and make it feel like a card game, the spellbook and vampire is definitely my favorite deck and the only rewarding deck so far, so they should go in that direction of types of cards. Removal of cheese skills like lifecost 0, trap hell, titan showdown (bug), and just the cheese skills in general. Banning UR/SR cards, being able to trade extra copies of cards, yeah everything you said was on point.

[@justintaylor8605]

You're still invited in the future, if you ever want to participate in a Meta Championship Series, hosted by DuelLinksMeta.

[@raxos787]

Justin Taylor i didnt even know this was a thing till he mentioned it

[@justintaylor8605]

Rahul S. Thats sad. Its a good streamer and he built a very very good Discord where a ton of super competitive people are discussing. He also payed out over 20k dollars as prizesupport over 10 Meta Championship Series Tournaments. You should take a look if youre really interested. You can find the website on duellinksmeta.com

[@raxos787]

Justin Taylor oh thanks ill look-into it

[@justintaylor8605]

Shiny o:

[@tomv.d.elzen9999]

:eyes:

[@damian8381]

Not a pack Links channel... Not a Duel opening channel...

[@OatmealTheCrazy]

Not a Jack Links channel

[@TheTuxedoGuy101]

Very comprehensive review, worth the time spent. One of the most important things that you missed though is that you are not allowed to choose your SEGOC chain order. The game usually does it automatically based on the what was on the field, and because of this many archetypes, such as UAs, mermails, and beat, lose out on important combos. Some common examples are constantly brought up in the subreddit.

[@henryliew2106]

Hey, could you do an updated duel links video? Since it's been 2 years.

[@patrikmiles9342]

no beacuse none of his points has changed except the SR

[@CrimsoniteSP]

This comment is a response from 37:00, in the video, the whole free to play thing. I think free to play competitive is definitely possible. I will say I've spent $200 on this game, but roughly 80% if my cards were earned through rewards or gems, I've played over 600 hours so far. Although I spent a lot of time to get my cards, there's a reason why Fur Hires are called Free Hires. They're easily the best deck, to the point that people who were in silver and gold made separate accounts to dedicate to Fur Hires and easily hit Legend in a couple hours. It was super annoying and somewhat still is, though not to the same extent. Amazons are also free to play. Most, if not all, their cards are, and were, duel drops, lv rewards and event exclusive drops. Free to play is possible, but you're going to have to dedicate an entire account, or spend a ridiculous amount of time and get lucky.

[@iamcarmelo0648]

Fur aint hard to counter

[@CrimsoniteSP]

@@iamcarmelo0648 You're right, but if you play low tier, budget decks or get a bad hand, you auto lose. That and they have a possive matchup on every deck going first, and about 50/50 going second against most meta decks right now. Are furries hard to counter? No, not really. Are they really good in DL? Yes, very convincingly too, even post ban list. Free Hires is still a thing in high platinum/low legend.

[@nicolasduverne8843]

Yeah the problem is that if you want to hit KOG while being free to play you have to play the meta decks. You can't buy the archtype you like, you can't waste a single gem in an old box, and your deck building is boring and unoriginal, basically being f2p and playing competitive it's doing the opposite of "building your own deck", it's like letting konami decide the 20 cards you will play with the next 3-6 seasons

[@jordonroy6574]

Joshua Munisar fur hires used to be very hard to counter 😂😂 what are you on about dude? Negates + removal + swarm. It was considered tier 0-1 for a reason.

[@poohbear01x48]

If you're lucky and know the cards you're looking for, it is possible to put together a great deck for free. Yes, it is hard. Yes I spent all my first gems getting Aliens.. I don't regret either 😁

[@zzmondo1]

Watched the whole thing. I've been playing the game since launch and also partake in the tournament and team scene the Duel Links community offers. All of the things you mentioned are things the community has brought up at certain points. Those that were a part of those waves of complaints did, after voicing them, stop playing within two months or so. Those that kept playing though, did accept those elements were nonsense and it became something they pushed through in some capacity. It could be because it can get redundant to voice those, be it on those servers, reddit, etc. after doing so a couple times in a short period by multiple users. But, it becomes an elephant in the room when those problems are still there all this time later and there isn't at least some indication that players are directly addressing it. I'm glad you made this video because it perfectly summarizes every issue I have heard since launch and, given the 3 seasons you played, provides some potential perspective involving the players that I noticed come and go from Duel Links. Keep up the great content.

[@railgunedits]

Yubel in duel links is currently the bane of my existence

[@sadriposting]

amazon deck, masked anki deck or just dark core, forbidden chalice

[@matteopepe28]

Lifepoints are at 4000 because these are supposed to be quick duels. Nobody has time for a 15+ minutes for a single duel on a mobile game. Having only 4000 also makes lots of archetypes more viable that otherwise wouldn't be in the TCG

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

The short time they had the LP sit at 5000 was great. Much lower OTK potential and only added a turn or two to the game.

[@ericstaples7220]

I play hearthstone. Games are often 15 minutes. Anyway, there's no reason you can't have multiple game modes.

[@TheJankoid]

Spot on with all of your points, and it's why I only play casually. I try to hit Legend every season, but never sit down and grind for KoG. If I get it, cool. But this game ain't worth the salt it inevitably causes.

[@Luminousplayer]

its possible to FTP duel links, IF you have commitment on the deck you want to build and stick to the goal, if you open many packs from different boxes, you'll end up with nothing to "build" consistently

[@MalikSparrow]

0:00 - Intro 3:33 - The Good Stuff 8:50 - Problem 1 17:21 - Problem 2 33:45 - Problem 3 40:40 - Conclusion

[@JadeHex]

I applaud you for the amount of effort and taking this seriously.Hopefully Konami improves with version 3 and numbs down all the anoyances,cuz imo its so close to being something really special.

[@DexterityYTC]

Congrats on branching out to longer videos all the props to ya. For me Duel Links is something I play out of necessity. I agree with everything you said and on some things like the micro transactions I have stronger opinions on, but I'll still hard grind for gems and pay a little too much money for the game because I need to. I absolutely love deck building and playing but I have no one to play with so I go to Duel Links. I guess I'm weird but the competitive scene is just too cut throat for me and the casual scene is too chaotic and salty. Oh man is it salty...

[@barrymay5679]

About the disconnect problem. Now if the player disconnects it is counted as a win for you. I have been in several situations where the other player disconnected and I won.

[@moosengame3254]

My biggest issue with it is just how it set up its matches/format, and thats how its set up for super fast matches. Ive played alot of other card games, and what I enjoy about them is even If you draw poorly on your opening hand, you have some peace of mind that the game wont end in 1 turn, and so you have some time to get some better draws, take steps to try and stall out the game until you can turn it around in your favor. In Duel Links if you draw a bad hand you pretty much lose. And as the quality of card increases with more box releases, that will only become more true. There might not be ABSOLUTELY nothing you can do to try and win in a bad situation, but its so much less than most other ccgs. It feels like in the other games I play, because games don't instantly end because of a bad opening hand, the better player can win the higher percent of the time. Whereas if a better hand can close out games by turn 2, the worse player can steal wins without needing to play well. Im just in the boat where If a game play promotes decision making, and if you make the right decisions that leads you to winning the game, I deem that better than just your opening hand, a random aspect, dictating who will win.

[@CalebNewbery]

Me who didn't know fur hire was good and is building a fur hire deck because the monsters are cute 😂

[@iriswav7379]

Heheheh, as a Superheavy Samurai player, they never touched Gigagloves or Ninja heheheheh and amazingly I never spent a penny. I need a life

[@randomshit6539]

20:40 Exactly what I think every time I play duel Links... At least without a rela meta, if u get to choose, u have a 75% chance to get what you want...

[@vaulthunterfromterra4053]

U.A. Perfect Ace was added to Duel Links with the “Valhalla Calling” box

[@1210Al]

I already played this game 500 days right now and still havin' fun staying in gold. Casuals like me really liked duel link because it basically "free" as long as you not spending your money in this game (trust me, your will not getting any benefit with spending money in virtual game expect for virtual item that cannot be claimed IRL anyways). And just you said dzeff, i'm the huge fans of anime. I can't ignore a yugioh game that offer actual VA in anime.

[@ikrena4701]

I mean, by that logic you're not getting any benefit when you buy things IRL either

[@AetherKirin]

@@ikrena4701 ??? You can't actually physically use, touch, or move virtual items. You can actually use physical item. By your logic. Buying a car in a random mobile game is the same as buying a car in real life...

[@ikrena4701]

@@AetherKirin and what does being able to touch or move virtual objects get for you that you don't get out of virtual objects? Side note, you can totally use virtual items, just only online

[@1210Al]

@@ikrena4701 please read term of use and privacy policy in game once again. This game may be closed everytime and you'll not get any refund or compensation at all.

[@ikrena4701]

@@1210Al Oh that's your argument. I thought you were just generally talking about internet purchases in general. Yeah, I'm aware of the rights Konami has over the consumer. Although I still disagree, it's really no different than renting something IRL

[@funtimegamer8733]

I can confirm as a free to play player, that it is actually more profitable to not play the game than to play free to play. So often have I been screwed over many times by this game due to glitches. The time it takes to make a good deck without paying money is worth more than the number of hours in bars of gold

[@archeduardo]

The issue with banning/limiting URs and SRs in Duel Links is that the card is gone. In the TCG, if a card is limited or banned you can still play it among friends who have no issue with it. In DL, the card is gone, you can't trade it, you can't sell it, you can't even show it off to other people or duel with them in a "special duel" with no limited/ban. You've paid for something that no longer exists in DL when a card is limited or banned.

[@richardstewart8240]

Havent seen it commented yet, so i figured i would say it. Whenever a skill is activated, you can hit the "Duel log" button in the top right and it tells you what the skill does.

[@Dzeeff]

At the time of this video that wasn't a thing :)

[@richardstewart8240]

@@Dzeeff i figured as much. This is the third time ive watched this. And it still poops up in my recommended. So i assume others are probably watching this for the first time now. Have you considered doing a new update to this. About 92% of the issues you covered are still just as annoying. But things have gotten a little better.

[@gaelic_geek5709]

You know, I personally like Duel Links because it gives Free-to-play players an actual chance to do something. You will still come up against the one-turn OTK decks every now and again, but for the most part you'll have a chance to fight back.

[@solidzack]

I think a main phase 2 would help in this game. Not only did it exist in the early amine battles too, it also helps you recover from certain incidents in the battle phase when it doesnt go out as planned, for example: - you have 3 monsters in ATK position and attack into a Wall of Disruption. With a main phase 2 you could potentially switch the other 2 monsters into defenss position. -Maybe you didnt summon a monster in Main Phase 1 and the opponent activates Treacherous Trap Hole in Battle Phase to protect himself. In Main Phase 2 you could summon a monster after your monster board got cleared -You could attack with your monsters first then use them as fusion/ritual/synchro Material in Main Phase 2 -You could use Anti Magic Arrows to ensure a safe Main Phase 2 play. - There are many effects in duellinks that would be useful for Main Phase 2 (like drawing in battle phase) and also Konami wouldnt have to change card effects specifically for duellinks like they did with Kristallbeast emerald turtle. As for the cons: I see none, besides that duellinks was always without Main Phase 2 but I dont see this as an obstacle for it

[@MRXDS1989]

1.Matchmaking is not random 2.Certain Skills should be harder to come by 3.The meta decks should go along with how much time you've put in to level up the character your using the skill with ( there will always be meta in card games but it's become to common in duel links there's no variety since its easy to come by )

[@TheOnlyDibbs]

Can someone confirm? OTK stands for One Turn Kill, right? Also, good stuff, dzeeff. Love the vids.

[@TK-6]

confirmed :D

[@mrdeathrowgaming445]

Confirmed 👍

[@lotgc]

I was hoping that duel links was like the actual card game ported to the phone, but I guess it was all right. It was a fantastic way of introducing me to the game, and now I'm a big fan :)

[@classymofo1059]

Will you still dabble in the game when synchros come out? (I'm about 10 minutes into the video and an ad popped up so I commented while it was going on so sorry if you answered this already later in the video)

[@nooneknows3520]

Many of these glitches and problems have been fixed. Not to say it is glitch or problem free. They do happen from time to time

[@papasmurf7684]

Konomy has fixed some of these issues. By banning certain cards and reducing the effect damage of cards like lava Golem to 500 instead of 1000 . And reduced certain cards summoning conditions to work with the limited monster field zone. But the biggest thing to keep in mind is duel links is a speed play game. No one wants to play a 40 card deck. And 8k life points cause they take to long.

[@germanmartinez9764]

28:55 that's why you play common Garnet and secret Brilliant

[@reddragonstudios1]

One of the issues I have with the game is how rigged it all feels, not opening packs persay, like no one likes digging thru an entire box, but my issue lies with how you draw, or how the outcome of the duel depends on 1 card or even a coin-flip, like if your backrow in the game gets wiped out, insta-lose, or even better how the ranking system sets you up to lose constantly if it notices that your winning 85% of your games. Before I hit legend, my W/L Ratio was about 175-45, outstanding record, now its 246-175, that is ridiculous. I have been randomly disconnected from the game for no reason, I also especially hate how your opponent happens to have the PERFECT hand to hard counter your play, no matter the deck, that whole thing feels 100% rigged and it really makes the game unfair. I think right now, given that this is an old video, a lot of people are resorting to playing duel links again because of the recent outbreak, Konami has suspended all tournament play for the TCG so this is what everyone is having to turn to, and those people for the most part are playing degenerate decks.

[@victorvarsallona6358]

I played it for a short period, long play time, back when I heard about this new Yu-Gi-Oh game. I eventually got stuck, couldn't get anymore progress in, & said "Screw this! I'm not putting money into a game I should be able to get stronger, better, & achieve more in a game I like playing. Plus it makes no sense, only 20 Card Deck, instead of a 40+ Card Deck, making it harder to win, & harder for any real good game play. To hell with this game, I'm deleting it right now, screw this game!!". I followed through with that..

[@demacry]

As someone who's sick to death of playing vs Gouki and Konami's terrible F/L list practices, Duel Links has been a great way to scratch the Ygo itch, even if it is only casually. I use to hate DL's trade system, but I've been playing the MtG Arena beta and that game doesn't even have a card trade system of any kind. Just play until you get 15 wins a day (never mind how the entire quickplay meta is red/black aggro, stompy green or turbo-fog) for your 1.5 packs-a-day average and your 1 free pack a week quest. You better pray you don't pull any excess duplicates or cards you don't even want cause they'll just sit in your digital binder collecting digital dust. I can't believe I actually found a game that was more bold-faced about pushing their fake card sales than Konami. If anyone's looking for a good online CCG to play you can do so much worse than Duel Links, especially if you want to play it casually. IMO the online CCG ranking is as follows: 1 Shadowverse (easily the most F2P friendly, imagine Hearthstone with waifus instead of RNG) 2 Duel Links (the most casual friendly, I'm excited to see what Synchro summoning will do) 3 Hearthstone (RNG cancer-fest but that great Blizzard quality and the largest community) 4 MtG Arena (least F2P friendly but well made and still in beta so there's hope, it is limited to Draft and Standard formats so don't go in hoping for Commander or Modern)

[@jordonroy6574]

demacry DL’s trade system? Idk what you’re talking about

[@demacry]

Jordon Roy you dont understand DL's "TRADE" system? The same game with the card TRADER?

[@jordonroy6574]

demacry you don’t seem to understand what trading is in card games. Next time say the “card trader” because there’s a MASSIVE difference between trading and the card trader in pretty much every single card game ever known to man.

[@demacry]

Jordon Roy You don't seem to understand what common sense is and life has cruelly deprived you of your fair share of it. Take the chip off your shoulder, the stick out your butt and get over yourself. Your definition of trading is far from accurate and you're just making yourself look silly.

[@jordonroy6574]

demacry no...no I’m not at all. If you go up to someone playing magic and say “let’s have a trade”, what exactly will they assume you mean? It’s pretty damn obvious, they will assume you mean a card for a card as that has always been the basis of trading in TRADING CARD GAMES, hence the name. So when you say “trade” when in reference to a TRADING CARD GAME am I supposed to naturally assume you mean the process in which you trade jewels and gold for a card? No because the term has been colloquially used in trading card games to mean “to trade a card for a card”. So no fuckin shit idk what you mean when you say trade system. Because trading and the card trader are entirely different things. That’s common sense, something you seem to be sorely lacking.

[@Ultimalocked]

Man, watching this video as a person who played the game all the way back in late 2016 - early/mid 2017 and is hopping back into the game NOW... the game used to be so different back then. It wasn’t perfect, but a lot of the issues you’ve mentioned (and a lot of issues I have with the game right now) are things that are more recent in the game, or are at least already existing problems that have been made worse by recent choices by Konami. Seeing decks like Fur Hires and cards like Treacherous Trap Hole make it into the game honestly just hurts my soul. I showed my friend who got me back into this game a lot of older meta decklists and he was astonished at just how different they were from decks now. I feel like until like Toon Kingdom back in mid 2017, there was always some sort of good balance in how the game was played and the options you had for decks... but now that just’s gone (at least to me). One of the biggest issues even back then was that Konami was releasing packs way too often and there was little breathing room for the players and the meta, and now that the power creep has been cranked up it’s only gotten worse. I could probably write an essay on how this bloody game has changed if I really wanted to lol.

[@Ellio123]

Really enjoyed your points about the card trader. When I first signed up for duel links a few months ago, I was pretty disappointed in the card trader as a hearthstone player, it just felt so barren and depressing. The randomized selection is also very annoying if you want certain cards, like that grass looks greener.

[@mike4282]

Really enjoyed this in depth vid. Duel Links is what really got me into playing Yu Gi Oh alot. I started out with 5Ds but it was Duel links that sealed the deal...with its flaws in all lol

[@markhenrykern]

On the subject of “what did that ability do” if you click the button in the top right corner it’ll show you all actions you and your opponent have done, and the skill will have a description...

[@Dzeeff]

When this video was made that wasn't a feature

[@sadriposting]

so far i agree with all things but i think some vital points could be added: 1, punishing people for surrendering, i main an Anki deck and im building an amazon deck, i have also main a fur hire, vampire decks, and always i stand against rage quitters, even if my decks arent that OP, its frustrating to stop a duel in turn 3 just bc the rival didnt get the card he needed. the only time i rage quitted was against a cyber stein deck and bc he was stalling killing me with his 500 atk for like 5 turns, there should be a punishment for quitting. 2, decks hidden on a pay wall, if you are a whale you dont feel this, but if you are a f2p like me, who is more on collecting cards/building decks than pvp, oh god, you know what i mean, first with the structure decks i didnt care, mostly bc the first 2 sucks, but then when the other 2 came out, its so unfair that we cant get a 2nd Vyon or a 2nd ArkBrave if we dont pay, and then the Ex deck thing, fuck konami, hide 2 really cool cards (Silent Magician and Golden Sarchopagus) in a paywall is bullshit, i literally use my Ur dream ticket on Silent bc thats the only way to get her. 3, meta repetition, at the beginning of DL anybody, with any deck, and playing as any char could work on pvp, you saw a lot of chars that you dont see now, like ishizu, with any sort of deck, now, is the same 4 chars with the same 4 decks, and i know that on TCG this is common, but its boring to watch the same plays over and over. 4, skipping boxes, i literally have skipped like 5 boxes so far, burning nova one i havent touch it, the ones with UA guys either, mostly bc i want the newest cards and having to choose between this deck and this new deck is relly punishing. the worst part is when you realize you need X card and you have to farm it (Galaxy cyclone).

[@MatafiedGaming]

Amazing video! It was well worth the watch. You mentioned a lot of gripes I have with the game as well, and I’ve been playing it for almost two years now, as well as streaming it over on Twitch. The community is what’s keeping me still somewhat attached, and the friendships I’ve made because of the game. I hope that one day we truly see change, but I highly doubt it.

[@tannerjohnson1000]

A Dzeeff feature length documentary!?! I did not know I needed this.

[@frozenbinarystudio]

I was ranked 15000th in Duel Links the last few KC Cups I played I can confirm that the same deck can be used multiple months. I would find myself coming back to Cipher Soldier stall decks for the longest time. Even after the nerfs that deck got it was still my go to

[@shinigamikiragami6886]

i like duel links and i agree the game sometimes fustrates me with me bricking on speels and traps when i have 14 monsters and 6 spells/traps and i play nearly everynight to the point of breaking to recieve little or no payoff, times like this i go and mess with my real life cards and see each card on a personal level and they help me remind myself of my love for yugioh, i even go back and watch my favorite yugioh episodes and then boom come back for some more, really i think this game pushes your tolerance to its edge and brings out the fustration inside, overall this game is well put together and is the best yugioh online gaming experience i ever played and il keep it up for as long as it takes to see how far konami takes it

[@GoIdenbaum]

This video is a little old, so it might be outdated, but I think more games should be like Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Links. There's a fun and rewarding event at all times, always something different where you can obtain good things for your decks. I think Duel Links' only two sins are the oversimplification of the game and the fact that you can't obtain individual cards you might need. If you need a single card from a BOX, you have to keep buying packs until you get it. Or wait for the off chance that they give you a card ticket that includes the card you want in the selection.

[@georgelopes4589]

I love it because it succeeds in making the duels feel more like reliving the anime but I hate it because no matter how hard you strategize, your essentially playing rock, paper, scissors which sucks from a competitive standpoint.

[@santiagodiaz3358]

About the F2P part, I am a F2P player and y got to Legend 2 with a Destiny Hero deck with all of the Ankis and the Mask Changes and I’ve got most of the staples without spending money in the game, of course that Konami right now is giving us a very limited quantity of gems and that sucks, we don’t even have the 300 gems at level 30 with the newest characters, but even like that I find very easy to get the cards

[@XCATX25]

As a Game Economy Designer (yes, that's a real job, yes that's my job), I think that the reason of the dust system not being present in Duel Links it's because Hearthstone gives away many less packs (or cards) than Yugioh, in a much more controlled environment. It's easy in Hearthstone to calculate how much time on average a player has to spend to get X currency to open Y packs, while in Duel Links every match gives cards, plus special events, plus level up rewards, in a very Single Player oriented fashion, but very chaotic and hard to control. I play a lot of Duel Links and I buy a lot of cards from Card Trader to try new strategies even if they are not competitive at all, and I tell you that buying the UR and SR cards depletes your resources very fast, so on that side the balancing was done and in the proper way. So, the easy fix for them was to limit the cards that you can buy, because yes, it gives the advantage of not cannibalizing the gacha (so you have to spend more), but also if the economy gets out of hand (let's say they create an event or giveaway totally unbalanced), they won't cause any damage to the monetization. Last but not least, Duel Links it's clearly a F2P game first, and then Yugioh, while Hearthstone success is based a lot on the huge userbase and user acquisition they performed (way bigger in both cases than Duel Links). With less active users, your monetization has to be more aggressive, or to be more precise, it has to work: Everybody takes Hearthstone has an example for "fairness" and "non-aggressive monetization" in F2P, but I call bullshit on that. If you don't have the userbase that Hearthstone has, you CAN'T do a F2P game with Hearthstone monetization and cover your costs (same applies for games like League of Legends or Fortnite). Sure Duel Links has an IP and it's performing well money wise, but without that monetization system it woudln't have last a couple of months.

[@johnroberts6377]

If you just tap the button in the top right and scroll up you can hit the info button near a skill and it tells you what it does.

[@Dzeeff]

You mean in the deck selection, right?

[@johnroberts6377]

@@Dzeeff No. Like if you are in a duel and you hit the top right button where you can surrender from, if you just scroll up and see the skill you can see the skill you opponent activated and if you click the info button you can see what it does.

[@Dzeeff]

Cool! I'm glad to hear that they updated that. This video is from two years ago lol

[@johnroberts6377]

@@Dzeeff Lol I didn't realize. I am just glad the game is actually evolving and fixing problems though.

[@leandrocartagena1495]

Watched this vid 2 years after its upload and still hearing pure FACTS. Too much often feels like the Duel is decided on the coin toss. Too much often i had to say k i wont play this new archetype so i arrive to the next box with actually enough gems to get a propper deck. They fixed the gold problem tho, now every cardtrader card costs a goddam million gold lol dont know whats worse tbh. We need a healthy Duel links since not everyone lives in a context where is viable to play TCG. Thanks for your content D big hug from Spain

[@tsume9207]

What if Burn cards/effects had their power halved? (just like the LP) do you guys think it would be okay to have them in duel links this way?

[@grantmaybe]

FACTS. Duel Links does make more metas viable, but the metas of Duel Links are less robust

[@Metalman16]

I'm glad you came around Dzeeff, I know you were really down on DL before but it's good to see you be positive about it. And yes, that includes the negative bits, because believe me us duel links players have a lot of negative things to say about it too.

[@InversedDragoon]

Played duel links since the very start, and honestly had the most fun playing it casually, purposely staying at gold rank. Later I started grinding rank once I had a power deck, and the game instantly became soul draining. Taking a break for a while, but will probably come back eventually just to play casual again.

[@steeltuff1]

I love DL, I have 1000+ hrs but skills are getting so stupid! "Oh my deck doesnt work but I spent 500 gems and £12.00 on structure decks so I need a skill to accomplish my win con." So frustrating.

[@Alice_Fumo]

you should never have to pay for virtual card packs. When you buy reallife cards, you're making an investment, you can resell etc. those cards as you please and end with a physical thing of value. The value of an ingame card pack will always be zero null void if you can't sell them on whatever platform.

[@kobyma2]

What really killed Duel Links for me is the grinding. Mindless, boring, endless grinding. Grinding most events requires you to play long, boring duels were all you do is lock down the opponent somehow, then wait until you almost deck out while setting up your 10000+ damage attack to obtain the maximum 8 rewards. The other events aren't much better, you can auto duel them at least, but you have to do it so many times that it doesn't matter. Grinding PvP wins is very long and tedious in it's own way. And you have to that, especially as a F2P, if you want to get decent cards. Oh, did I mention that all that grinding got you about a million keys, so now you have to get rid of them too so they won't clog your box, which also takes forever since Konami refuses to let you auto duel at the gate? The triple duels thing they added recently is only a minor patch that doesn't really address the problem, since even in a triple duel you are still only limited to 8 rewards, so you're just screwing yourself over in the end.

[@caninehat6589]

The biggest problem is how hard Elemental Hero Thunder Giant is to get. AND YOU NEED IT FOR A CHARACTER

[@georgeyankovic]

Keep the good work man! I am a casual player and I love listening to / watching your videos while I work. You definitely opened my eyes about strategies, deck building and which cards are good and which are not, which resulted in me winning a lot of duels against my friends and looking at the game from another perspective. I dont watch your live streams, but I think that it would be cool for you to do some kind of review series about Yu-Gi-Oh games through years for Game Boy Advance, Play Station 1, 2, 3, PSP, NDS, PC, etc.

[@regista4]

Really good points, agreed with pretty much everything. I quit playing DL competitively after the last WCS qualifiers because after a lot of time and money invested and then a marathon three days with very little sleep I ended up just inside the top 500 in my region and therefore with virtually nothing to show for all that effort and just thought "what is the point of this?" It's such a shame because the base game (i.e. a really smooth, accessible, online dueling experience across Steam and mobile) has so much potential but unfortunately it's ruined by money-grabbing and poor decisions.

[@giraton1]

Quick thought on the ban list thing, your investment in URs or SRs doesn't matter if the deck is dead anyway.

[@421sagetravis]

I can say as a Duel Links player that a lot of these complaints I agree with however, since this video was released a lot of the issues were fixed or improved upon. I recommend giving it a second shot.