Lowering the legendary rate was the right thing to do. I had noticed a lot of people had managed to get legendaries and I've got a couple myself (I combined some duplicate legendaries). This is good news for early adopters who got in when the drop rate was higher, it means the value of current legendaries should theoretically go through the roof.
Are you going to have variable drop percentages for some cards? Could be a great idea to have varying degree of rare legendary cards, maybe even legendaries with a 0.5% drop rate or for something super rate 0.25% it could make the thrill of the chase greater and it would incentivise people to keep buying packs.
I have fond memories as a child buying booster packs as much as possible in an attempt to get rare Pokemon cards.
Tbh I think the drop rate for legends was a very good thing, and a great present to us who got in early. However, adding even better cards later doesn't quite feel so great. It means that it will eventually suck to have been the early investor, because the developers keep dropping even rarer cards, and rarer cards and rarer cards..and then your cards that you got early arent worth that much. AND..a lot of people probably burned a lot of steem early on - and might not have so much to spend on new packs to get the even rarer cards and therefore they will not end up with very good cards.
I don't think ANY card moving forward should be better or more scarce than the legendaries from first edition. Sure there can be AS good cards and cards with the same drop rate. But giving later adopters the possibility to get even better cards than the early adopters doesnt ring quite well?
Where was it ever explicitly stated or even implied that they'll be "adding even better cards"?
All that I got out of reading this post is that they'll be making the current legendary cards rarer on a card by card (booster pack by booster pack) basis.
No where, I was responding to @beggars. If I was responding to the main topic I would create a new comment and not respond to @beggars :)
Great point!
I don't think I said they would do that and I don't think the @steemmonsters team said they would do that either.
I think my point may have been misconstrued here. I was saying the drop rate for the current legendary cards being reduced is a good thing. And for some cards like the Golden Dragon having a card-by-card drop rate where the percentage is lower than the base level could incentivise people to keep chasing rare legendary cards (not new cards, the current cards).
As early investors, many got a profitable early mover advantage anyway. If the drop rate is reduced legendary cards instantly go up in value based on that metric alone. If they introduce per-card drop rates for some current legendary cards being even rarer, the value goes higher again.
To conclude, I am not saying new cards need to give non-early investors an advantage, I am specifically talking about the current lineup of cards.