Pokémon TCG Pocket’slaunch last year was a massive success for the Pokémon Company, with millions of players worldwide downloading andspending money on the game. However, it seems the game has hit a snag with players after its recent update, which finally introduced trading.
The game’s new trading system hasnot been received wellby players, withsome sayingit is too convoluted and has too many requirements and restrictions. In response to the backlash, the Pokémon TCG Pocket development teamreleased a statementthanking players for their feedback and promising to investigate their concerns.
“We understand some of the restrictions put in place are preventing players from being able to casually enjoy the feature as intended. We are actively investigating ways to improve the feature to address these concerns. Going forward, we also plan to offer multiple ways to obtain trade tokens including through event distributions,” the company said in apress release.
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What went wrong with trading in Pokemon TCG?
Players believe the system is too restrictive and confusing
The trade system introduced to the game limits the feature in several different ways. First, only cards with the same rarity level can be traded. Second, only cards with a rarity between 1 and 4 diamonds as well as 1-star cards are eligible to be traded.
An in-game currency is also required to initiate a trade, known as a Trade Token, which can be gained by trashing cards you don’t need. Trading also uses stamina, which is regained by using aTrade Hourglass, which you can get a mission reward. The Pokémon TCG devs said the trading features was “designed to prevent abuse from bots.” Players on Reddit were quick tocriticize the feature.
The exact solution to this trading fiasco is uncertain. One player thinks alevel cap for tradingwould be a better solution than Trade Tokens. However, some believe the tokens are here to stay asan incentiveto buy card packs. The developers will have to tread carefully to please players who are clearly annoyed at a confusing system.
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