Flesh and Blood is like Monster Hunter 

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As a Japanese player, the fanbase here is super dedicated despite not having official translations

As a fairly casual player, I buy a ton of product and want to help this game grow. I never shut up about how good this game is. I want to get better at the game but I know that it requires a lot of my time. The Monster Hunter comparison is accurate. And absolutely got me to click.

I appreciate the timer when you do your sponsored segment. It makes me feel like you respect my time. Knowing WHEN the ad is over also makes it more likely for me to watch it. Thank you for your respect.

Flesh and blood & monster hunter players rise up ! 🫡

Great comparison to MHWorld being the stepping stone that got it into the mainstream. I think all players at LGS’s have a role to play in the new player experience - there definitely is a way to onboard people that isn’t just sit down, intimidate them 4 times and big swing them into the next dimension but it requires some leadership from the front in cultivating a community that understands how natural growth is meant to occur. I’m also glad my patron money is helping a starving family.

I really really hope we get more upf stuff as this makes people comfortable with the game itself while keeping the atmosphere at the most comfort level possible. Commander is often not much about the match itself but to construct stupid decks and just sit with your friends while having some food and drinks.

I hate seeing threads on sites like Reddit where people claim the game is dead or dying, not for casuals, too expensive, etc. Not saying it is these things, but if it were these things, those people STILL wouldn’t be playing it and would find something else to complain about. We as the FaB community need to just wade through the bullshit and continue supporting, promoting, and trusting the process. LSS is doing so much despite the smaller team, and they really truly love the game and want it to succeed beyond just making money. As long as LSS continues to stay open with the community and are continuously working to grow and improve the game, then we should be happy and excited for the future. I love this game and of course I want so much more for it, but you can’t rush greatness and it’s pretty damn great already.

I play with a crew that enjoys precons and draft.

I think that the best answer is draft. For casual players it has the lowest buy-in costs, nobody can pre-plan beyond what is in the pack they are handed, and if you catch it at launch not everyone has grinded it to death. I like it better than CC especially if your learning game mechanics because you will have more of an opportunity to play all the heroes and understand the game better overall. PvE PvB is nice, but the more I explore the design and mechanics I always wonder how they could implement it better than current board games.

Me and my friends just had a discussion about this. Great video!

I've found the Blitz decks that come out great for casual play, if everyone is playing them as is, out of the box.

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Gosh darn Sloopy! Great stuff again!

I also think flesh and blood has quite a lot of untapped potential. I as a fairly casual player have never attended any kind of competitive play, I just got tired of magic (even though I still play it quite extensivly) bought some Flesh and blood decks and loved the gameplay with its incredible high amount of interaction and its fairly unique classbased gameplay. I regularly play with my decks at the kitchen table with some friends an we usually have a blast. Also MTG, Pokemon and Yugi all had a lot more time to establish their playerbases, where as FaB is still kind of the new kid on the block. The legendstorystudio team are doing a great job in marketing and growing their game, so I expect to see continued growth for the forseable future, even though that growth will not be as crazy as the 6k % you've shown. You are also correct with your oppinions on pve, that's something that I as a casual player truly am looking forward too. (I personally hope for an app based Koop PvE narrative with continusly updated story. A bit like a DnD Campaign where Legend Story studios gives you the ability to play with your friend through various adventures with you fab decks. WOuld be sick, im excited to see what's coming and stooked when my heavy hitters display will arrive (I love Warriors wuhu) Cool Video Thx and love from Germany!

As long as the business is profitable and has a dedicated and passionate community, there is no need to make the game mainstream. LSS is playing the long game.

I actually love the analogy of the comparisson :) makes me want to try it. And hopefully this collab may come true as well

Have been collecting FaB , then stopped. Like the art and the game system, but not interested at all in playing competitively. Will actually start playing when there is an PvE way.

At the beginning of the video I was thinking I want that shirt... then for the first time in history I was glad to see a sponsored advertisement. Also I love MH, been playing since the original.

Monster Hunter World + IceBorne has been consuming me. My first Monster Hunter was on an emulator. It was very tough getting used to the "slow" swings, item uses, consumables, etc. Flesh and Blood is also very tough to "maximize" your available resources, life, armor, play patterns, tempo, match up, side boarding. I think Heavy Hitters sealed and blitz decks can grease the slide for new players. That set is very well designed for that environment.

Love the parallel. here’s to hoping we get more more folks into the game 🎉

As a super casual player for FAB and MTG, FAB gets my pick every time since I started playing about a year ago. It's getting to the point where I'm gearing up to sell my MTG collection. The closest LGS that sells and plays FAB is an hour away so I only play with my teen (6-7 blitz blitz between us) who really loves the game. I've picked up 3-4 boxes of random sets since starting to play compared to zero boxes of MTG, ever. I'll support them every step of the way as long as they don't turn into money hungry corporation. Hoping for PVE to knock it out of the park.

Fun tidbit: Keyforge has released (now) 4 PVE products (though more for co-op multiplayer). Unmatched (a board game but more competitive than you might think) has also recently released a PVE set. Since I am interested in FAB casually, I would LOVE to see what they could do PVE style.

Good ad and even better point about this game. Got a new job and now i can finally start playing locals. I'm so excited.

Waiting patiently for PvE as well; excited to block with United We Stand and give my party tokens

Maybe there is something wrong with me, but losing in MH and FAB 110% hooked me.

Mr Ribbits slaps, don't let him starve!

This is a great comparison and video :)

Note that some japan YGO event did have some pve tables. Where you played against “boss deck”. Decks themed around anime villains that had a different set of rules than the standard decks. Buffed lp. Endlessly replenishing hand and deck. Can only play special cards, illegal otherwise. Card texts that force you to say the villain catchphrase.

Lorcana is coming with it's new PVE and coop variant. It came out of nowhere while fab already promised pve ages ago

Great video Sloop! I love this analogy. Especially since Monster Hunter is my favorite game series. I just hope LSS learns from this and doesn't try to add a swimming mechanic. (Even though I kind of miss it.😅)

i agree, needs more Mr.Ribbits

if i play dromai, can i add draconic ninja cards. I am a new player and was wondering if it was possible

I totally agree that PvE could be what makes the casual explode in popularity and could bring Commander players over to FaB. WoW TCG made it interesting, FaB has a chance to perfect it.

I dont think virtually anyone in the world is playing Flesh and Blood at a kitchen table...

Casual Smasual. Let the newbies get smashed. Only the strong can survive! Back in my day we went 0-3 at every armory and we liked it!

You should tell the new players that if they don't want to get stomped they need to play the super expensive staples and play one of three viable strategies. You should also tell them how hard it is to find a game outside of talishar or cc pro tour

Mhw got main stream bc of the platform. Removing the restriction of Nintendo helps alot. I hope PVE is as good as we need still.

I think the block cards are a step in the right direction for onboarding new players to the mechanics. Some new non-fabled gems could be usefull too. Basically anything that when they are in their hand are screaming to the new player "you should block me!" or "use me for resources!" to help streamline how they should play their hand until they get the hang of things.

After Legends of Runeterra PvP just shut down, I have doubled down on FAB, and hearing that I don't need to be to afraid to see this game die, makes me happy.

Whether or not the reddit arguments hold bearing, they do reflect a reality: Some locals just don't lend themselves for the casual crowd, making them not want to continue playing the game, and it feeds back to the more competitive players, with no new blood, you're fighting against the same 4-5 players and you lose interest. I do hope FAB manages to get a more casual audience or maybe even makes losing in Armories fun (like more prizing perhaps?)

The appealing thing about MH is the loot, if they could make the armory promos more obtainable rather than EA cards that no one will use they probably can get more players to attend

Solid thesis! It was so exciting to see Monster Hunter jump into the mainstream, here's hoping that LSS is able to knock PvE out of the park. :)

If Flesh and Blood was a video game this comparison would be more apt, but comparing a one time cost video game that you can play infinitely online from home and get the full experience vs a collectible trading card game that is primarily focused with in person competitive play just doesn't work at all. As you said, once PvE comes out, then this comparison makes more sense but right now it doesn't make sense to believe FAB can succeed like Monster Hunter did.

This is a common conundrum. Competitive players don't want their games to be casual. I lost my first 5 in person games in FaB, and that told me, as a Competitive player, that skill expression was deeply ingrained in the game

Love your videos and I love monster hunter

How I miss your face😩. Hope to see you again one day sooner than later 😢.

based monster hunter fan video bro

Would be nice if i could find a LGS that supports it near me im wanting to participate in the events but my LGS has no interest

i think you just really like monster hunter and fab lol

This video is correct... 🎤⬇️

Smart, very smart 👍😁

You'll know when the game is in trouble when they release a online format to the game

In Japan YGO has PvE

Commander wasn't a thing until 17 years after magic came out and is the only reason magic is still alive today. As FAB enters just its 5th year the people at LSS are working hard to make a casual format as good as it can possibly be. When FAB PvE comes out, It's gonna blow people's minds imo.

More Mr. Ribbits or we riot

It'a not really a good look when as a new player after getting past the honeymoon season of being a newbie in FaB you try to join a local armory with your cobbled together deck and got curbstomped by almost all the players running their Spring tunics, Enlightened Strikes, command and conquers etc. Then the realization sets in that you are just gonna be in it for the door prize of a single booster pack...then you look for a casual format or a multiplayer format like MTG's commander just to get away from the overcompetitive format and find out there's not much support for it or your LGS and other LGS in your country isn't into it much... And to add insult to injury, you found out all of the champs that made you want to play the game in the first place was relegated to LL status... I really want to keep playing this game...but it really is very hard to do so...

I ordered a set of the new blitz decks as my first foray in to F&B yesterday. Today i saw this and if there is a title of a video that is gonna sell a game to me it's this. Thousands of hrs in to MH from gen 1 through to World so a card game that is worthy of that comparison is hopefully gonna be my new main TCG seeing as yugioh is now horrible to play and I have banned myself from ever getting in to magic.

Don't forget that fab is the most expensive to play tcg right now. You can't even compete at a measly locals if you don't have a 300 $ deck. No amount of hours and practice will compensate for not owning the 100$+ legendary that is also hard to find due to the rarity and scarcity of reprints. Fab is not a game of skill. it is just a game of flexing your money spending capabilities, more so than any other tcg out there. It will eventually and inevitably die if it stays like this.

I think the “low variance” comment is just not true. Some decks can draw like garbage one game and just high roll the next.

I don’t care for PVE to be fair until I see it I wish there was a a more casual mode between Blitz and CC. Blitz feels like it ends too fast (it’s fun but too fast) and CC feels toooo competitive and slow.

This comparison ignores one crucial problem of TCGs as a whole, which is that a videogame is a single purchase (or maybe 2-3 more if we count DLCs). MH for 60 bucks gives you the whole experience, and if you want to dive deeper into the game and get better, and by better i don't only mean your skills but also your gear, it's all available to you. You just need to play the game and eventually that 60 dollar purchase will give you everything the game has to offer. In TCGs there's always this barrier of price that prevents people from getting into a game, there *are* products that are designed to help with that, like the round table and blitz decks. They are ok, if you plan on dropping the game right after (or only play with those products). If you want to introduce a new player, you give them a "cheap" deck, just to start out and see if they like the mechanic. Maybe they do, and now they find themselves with a barrier of price that throws them off, because either their finances doesn't allow them to burn money for cardboard or simply because they don't feel like spending said money The real crux of the problem here lies in progression and the suboptimal, unfair ground that TCG force players into. A MH Casual doesn't need to have a meta build all attack jewels + critical eye 40% affinity, instead they came up a their own build that they didn't even think of looking up online, they have progressed and they have created their whatever it is, suboptimal it may be to a veteran player, but it's something, though they are bad augments. The bad augments compared to TCGs are the cheap/bad cards, which even with them having negligible price tag associated, they do work, right? and no one would have problems spending for those. They provide an experience of the game. Now, the branching path. This casual finally managed to drop a rare jewel in MH, and he really likes the effects the jewel provides. He decides to farm for them. He can. No real barrier if not playing the game A TCG player finds a rare card out of luck, that card will help his deck get better. He is met with a barrier of price and can't progress. That feels terrible Casuals and hardcore players still like progression, they like feeling optimal, they don't want to have a subpar experience most of the time. It's why a lot of people in stardew valley check the wiki just to see what people like. Wasting a gift on someone that doesn't even like it? suboptimal, a waste, who would do it? That's what casual oriented products are, why would anyone buy a cheap product where you're gonna throw out most of the cards? And if you want to get better gear? You can't unless you pay up. No one really likes that The only way to balance this is unfortunately the emotional feeling that causes people to do most of their purchases. You don't only provide a product, but also an emotion and if the place you go to is particularly active in the scene, an experience with other human beings

It's never implied in the video but a Monster Hunter x Flesh and Blood PVE collab is exactly what they should be searching for imo

Man... I remember a bunch of people trying to tell me about this new game called Monster Hunter that's harder than Dark Souls and just rolling my eyes. MHW is a joke compared to the older games and I'd been playing for almost 10 years at that point.

so basically you are saying: just wait 15 years and FAB will be successful?

it sounds really nice