2024 Influencer Summit: Instant Reaction + Takeaways 

I was just quoting the rumors I heard! I 100% agree with you. The "old heads" have been through change after change, and have stuck through it all!! It's probably the players like me that they should be worried about - started with MHA and have not seen any major changes beyond the card layout beying adjusted. You guys know change way better than me.

@@talkUVS Yeah, most of the “I’m quitting this game” talk that I’ve read has primarily come from NEWER players who got in because of MHA and don’t like the fact that UVSG has turned its focus from *only* MHA towards adding other IPs to its staple. I mean between those two camps, who sounds less open minded and less forgiving? 🤷🏽‍♂️

Thanks!! We definitely have a lot of core staples on each symbol but I think the card pool is big enough where surprising decisions are made. Which 3 or 4 symbols are the best to you and which cards too much of staples? This is one of my concerns if AOT spotlight becomes a major competitive format. Will enough cards be strong enough to where we don’t get bored playing the same staples?

@@talkUVS To start, I didn't want to suggest that EVERY deck uses certain staples. Apologies if it came across that way. I was typing quick as I was running out the door. Now that the caveat is out of the way: I agree that the pool is big enough. Across all formats, I think its almost 6000 cards. That's fantastic. It speaks to the longevity of the game. However, across the current standard format, its around 900 cards, 190 are UR, SE, SR (including the not released Godzilla challengers). Maybe it's just my untrained eye and/or purely anecdotal but there are a few cards that appear to see a lot of play. Moreso than other cards. Now, a certain part of this is rarity (as mentioned above): UR cards are, and rightfully so, going to see more play than a normal C or UC ... because they are better. Makes sense. IMO, the 'big 3' are Void, Chaos, Death. Earth also got a huge bump with Godzilla. Within those, I see a lot of decks with: Foundations: Excited for Blood, Deft Maneuvers, Botan's Coaching, Immortal Shapeshifter Attacks: Black Abyss, Blueflame Surge, Trace Eyes, Walk the Dog, Looming Terror The common denominator there is rarity. Most of them are higher end cards. In online games using TTS, I suspect this would be even worse as everyone has access to all the cards, regardless of rarity. In R/L games, you can only play what you bought. So the 'seeing too much play' is definitely weighted towards online games. I feel that All, Infinity, Life, Good need a LOT of help. There are, for sure, some really good cards in there ... just not enough. I think your concern about getting bored is valid. However, Im not sure what the solution is. Make UR's less powerful? Make C and UC more powerful? Again, this is an issue with SO many games. Its not specific to UFS. Something that would help with actual data and less anecdotal (and I mentioned this in discord not long ago): it would be awesome if UVSUltra kept stats for cards. It used to. I have no idea who takes care of UVSUltra; I have no idea how difficult that would be to program; I have no idea if the player base would even want or would care about that. Twas just a thought. Also, one last thing: again, take whatever I say with the hugest grain of salt possible. I've only been playing about 8 months and have played maybe 20 games or so. My experience is limited and what I am seeing may be a result of that lack of experience.

And they already have product lined up through 2025! Game isn't going anywhere

*UFS/UVS

You aren't completely wrong on your hunch about limited resources, but it's done in a different kinda cool way. I'm with you on wishing the UR/SR rates would drop to make playsets easier to collect. AOT is gonna be a massive set and difficult to collect everything. I will probably have to pick a couple characters or symbols and just go for those cards. At the same time, AOT spotlight is going to be a breath of fresh air and a really nice onboarding experience for new players. New players can choose to ignore standard for several months and just focus on spotlight. Then as their understanding and exctirement for the game grows, they can slowly expand to standard play.

We are long overdue for a judge program!

Love your videos homie, keep up the great work!

@@Joe_Olivo thanks! I appreciate it!

Absolutely!! I'm really happy you are going that route because it's very needed. I keep meaning to make beginner content but my heart just isn't in it and I need to reconize that and stay happy in my lane. I think a cool beginner video would be "how to spend your first $100". We also still need an updated TTS guide, and a guide to the different deckbuilders would be cool too (Ultra, UGN, universus.cards, etc)

@@talkUVS I think a “How To UVS Ultra” would totally be in my wheelhouse. TTS not so much cause I suck at it lol. But I will add that to my list of videos to make.