Why I CAN'T Return to Duel Links after Master Duel... 

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What killed DL for me were the card rates (shocker), card after card and I didn't get the ones I wanted until months later (I haven't played since 5ds released so idk what's new) I will however say that I do miss the characters along with their special dialog (plus each characters ost is pretty fun to listen to), it's gonna be weird for the opponent to not call me a 3rd rate duelist with a 4th rate deck.

Something I liked about Duel Links was experiencing the development of the meta over 5 years. That's a different experience than playing just one format. With master duel, you're launched into a huge format with tons of cards right from the start. Right now, I play just a few duels of each game a day. It'll be interesting to see what new content/modes master duel adds over time.

After playing Master Duel for a couple weeks and seeing how much easier to play f2p it is than Duel Links, I can't go back. One of the things I hated the most about Duel Links was having to pull for multiple SR and UR from multiple different boxes to build one deck. What made it worse was the fact that after all of that investment, you face the risk of that deck becoming obsolete after the next box. Meanwhile in Master Duel you have most everything already out with so many cards that would be SR and UR in Duel Links as just N and R (srsly why was a normal beater ever SR or higher?). And a pretty cheap crafting system that's not just there for crafting trash cards almost nobody uses (Card Trader). The only thing in Duel Links that I like over Master Duel is the presence of the characters from the series, but that's not enough to bring me back. The skills were nice, but they were really only there to offset how incomplete the decks actually were.

Crafting. That's why. I have mostly moved to Master Duel, but man. I was whaling hard on DL, it feels nice to not feel that used and abused when I pull multiple playsets of cards I'll never use. I will say that master duel is fun, but between the best of 1 and the random scrub stomps of nurse burn/exodia cook I'd like to see something done about that. I'd also like to see more of a skill range because the quality of player between Gold 1 to Plat 5 is a massive canyon.

If they add more crafting gems, the game would be better. The game is great, and it is good to have you back gunsblazing.

Moving from duel links to this game it feels nice, having the freedom to make any deck you want without being heavily restricted by pay walls and your wallet, it’s satisfying

Having played the TCG for so long, I appreciated Duel Links for what it offered. It had an anime twist to it. You got to relive some old anime moments. The voice lines, the little quests, the mini-games. It was refreshing to play a slower meta -- and to play a game, where the meta grew over time. It felt like I was going through a time machine throughout several of the eras. But an alternate timeline. Honestly, had quite a bit of fun and found the game to be reasonably skillful -- granted the ceiling's lower than the TCG. I liked that cards that would be terrible in the TCG was actually incredibly good in Duel Links. And vice versa. It was really charming, but I got burnt out. I quit once. And I came back once. But after that comeback, I think I'm set. I quite like my account on there, but it's hard to go back; you went over a lot of what I hated. I kind of had to play it damn near obsessively just to grind for the exclusive time-locked content. There was constantly some new quest to go and unlock. Cards were locked in character levels and it'd take weeks to finally unlock. Buying packs always felt like a scam -- and no crafting system, while also shoveling so many boxes our way every 2-4 weeks or so. Even if I purposely ignored several boxes, I still had to farm those gems doing really asinine things like clicking on trash cans and lamp posts for 1-3 gems here and there. The whole experience just became a chore. Furthermore, having to build a farming deck just for one character to maximize drop rate stuff just feels...kind of dumb looking back. Was it kind of fun/creative? Yes. But I don't want to be spending some number of hours actively stalling and slow playing the AI just to get a 10x drop -- and for them to not even be what I want. Honestly, the worst offender though, is getting bombarded with text -- especially if you've been away for a while.

I totally feel the same with the skill ceiling comments. I had so much fun with my ranked climb as I improved my understanding of my deck and used various setups to outplay my opponents even going as far to have some epic anime comebacks. It feels so rewarding to master these complex decks and interactions to overcome tough situations. The f2p friendliness also helps in keeping me hooked for much longer.

I gave up on Duel Links a couple years ago and came back when Master Duel was announced, and man I am not going back to Duel Links after trying MD is just so mush satisfying in general

I used to play duel links a lot. Up until about a year ago I was playing it like a full time job. As a f2p player you had to do that. But eventually after realising how much time I was sacrificing away from real life things just to be able to craft a somewhat competitive deck every once in a while on duel links, I decided to quit cold turkey and I never came back. I was very skeptical about master duel because I didn’t want to fall back into the trap of playing master duel like a full time job as a f2p player. Luckily I gave the game a shot and I’m very happy with the generosity of this game. Maybe it won’t stay like that forever but right now I’m having a great time. If down the road the game becomes toxic with exclusive card releases and pay to win models then I will quit. We will see what happens 🙂

Gunzblazing died, came back to life, learned a whole new yugioh format, and retained all his followers. Even gained new ones. Unironically I admire your professionalism.

I absolutely loved playing Mermatlantean SSA in Duel Links. And the Mythic Depths skill is what made it even remotely viable. Since without it, you have to rely on starting with the Umi field spell or search (both of which heavily limits your combos). I wish they'd bring the skills back, and without it being tied to characters (seriously I'm basically telling the opponent that I'm playing mermails when I use Mako or Reginald lol). But Master Duel is insanely fun right now so it's not too bad that I don't have character skills.

The thing that annoyed me about duel links, is some powerful staples were behind pay wall. You could get maybe 1 f2p, but then the selection box had a limit to how many packs you could get with gems. So you're incentivized to spend actual money. Oh and to top if off, you had a time limit for how long you have access to the selection box. The nail in the coffin for me was spending money to build a good resonator deck, making it to KOG, then for the reset they nurfed the resonator skill, causing the deck to fall outta the meta. So I spent this money on my deck just for it to get nerfed not even a month later. So I said goodbye to duel links in October and haven't looked back. One thing I do miss about duel links was the chat rooms. I stuck to room 1 because there was something ridiculous always happening that always had me laughing. I miss you room 1 and all you awful toxicity.

I'll be honest, I prefer speed duels and the cards list in Duel Links, but the craft system is literally too great for me to go back to Duel Links

I am a duel links player and I like it for the reasons you list as disadvantages. As a full time professional with many successful hobbies and work commitments, I really enjoy the simplified format of duel links. No shame to those who play master duel. Thanks for your videos, they are awesome, better than dkayed!

I’ll miss the skills and anime character lines/music, but like you said, Duel Links feels like a tutorial compared to Master Duel. I would love to see a speed duel mode in Master Duel. That would effectively end Duel Links. Also, I played Duel Links but moved on to Master Duel. I haven’t played Duel Links in a couple years though

Yo guns, been following for awhile now. I started playing duel links and found your channel years ago, I don't play DL anymore but I kept watching your Yu-Gi-Oh vids, now that you are playing DM it's really fun to watch, it's more variables and things to do/counter, it's way funnier to watch imo

I am from duel links and I still play it. I appreciate the change of pace from master duel and it is much easier to play at work. They are both good games and finally being able to play an amazing tcg simulator is awesome.

I will still play both, although it feels so much better playing Master Duel. Pretty much I will never spend money on Duel Links again, but will continue to casually play it during MD maintenance or when I'm on the go and have a few minutes to spare.

I started playing Yu-Gi-Oh in early 2017 (January, to be precise) and I got into Duel Links when 5D's world came out (September 2018) and I simply kept playing ever since. Although I still played, and do play, the TCG. I've spent $2,500 on physical shiny cardboard. Which in comparison, playing DL for nearly 4 years and only having spent $200 felt like I was enjoying the Yu-Gi-Oh just as much, but without as big of an investment (especially when the pandemic started). But now that Master Duel came out, I am just absolutely amazed! I spent $30 on the special offers for the sake of getting some cards I needed for a deck, and also got some crafing material by dismantling some useles URs, and that by itself felt like such an amazing investment in comparison to Duel Links. I could make whatever I wanted, and I only spent money cause I was impatient and wanted some variety of decks, which makes me so happy to know how F2P this game is. Any who, with that said, I'm still gonna be playing Duel Links, as I enjoy aspects of it regardless. And after playing the game for so long, I essentially have all required staples on top of always having a Tiered Meta Deck, so I can survive quite well with PvE and PvP. (Also because of my RU-vid channel, which is one of the reasons I try to make new decks so that I can review them.)

I had about 150 hours into duel links on my last account. I saved gems up for months. Got 10k through sheer grind. The day I went to spend them, MD released. Haven't gone back since. Glad I spent months grinding gems lol

It’s funny I was feeling nostalgic for the game and picked up duel links about 3 days before MD came out. I played a bit of DL and really enjoyed the characters and skills plus the music, but it’s a bit much to try to get the deck I want, and with MD out now I feel less incentive to spend any money on DL. Would be nice to see something like it in MD but the whole game just feels so good to play I don’t see myself going back.

In Duel Links even when you are paying it's not guaranteed you will get the card you want. In Master Duel you don't need to pay at all to make one solid deck at the start and you can dismantle and craft cards, that is the best selling point at least for me.

I'm from DL and I still play both of them. Actually, I've gotten my 10st kog last month and that was my ultimate and final goal to become the 1st Bolivian duelist accomplishing the 10 kogs and thats quite a marvellous goal for me, you know. Greetings from Bolivia dear Gunz, you were my first inspiration in order to start playing DL and motivated me from the begining :')

whilst I can still normal summon aleister in duel links, I can't normal summon inspector boarder in duel links so it's really an open and shut case also the crafting system is a godsend

If you like wifu’s you should try Aromages I’ve had some pretty good success with those girls and they can be pretty explosive if you don’t get rid of them fast enough. Plus it’s so easy to come back with because if your opponent can’t deal with your back row you’re prolly gonna win with all the extra lp gains.

I actually was first introduced to Yu Gi Oh in the TCG. I played online everytime I wanted but it felt like I didn't know anything about the game. So, I tried playing in Duel Links so that I could learn how to play properly and I did. I learned how the general rulings work, how to chain and how to build decks (among other things). And after a year of only playing in Duel Links and getting to the higher ranks I got bored of the exact same problems as you did, so I quited and started playing occasionally online in the bigger formats. Nowadays I feel like I can't go back to Duel Links because the TCG and OCG formats have way more complexity that makes dueling a little more fun to learn and play.

I’m playing both. Duel Links when i want casual and fun only with friends, or just a timekiller when waiting for something or someone. The I also play Master Duel since it feels like the real and original Yugioh without the “skills” feature.

I love how seamless everything is with Master Duel, like it only takes a second to loadup and play on Steam.

I have played Duel Links for 5 years since it release. But when Master Duel come out I never go back to Duel Link again...

Hey guns, use to love your channel back when I played duel links. I've been clean for about a year and a half from DL and I can say that I'm much happier now on Master Duel because it's everything I wish Duel Links was. I'm very pleased to see your debut here on MD though and will definitely watch your content!

I played Duel Links for some time but not on an extreme. I played the Ancient Gears there quite a lot and I do still on Master duel. I quit Duel links some years ago and once Master Duel came out I've been playing it here and there. It's nice to be able to just make a deck you find either fun or is just generally good. Accessibility in Master Duel is amazing.

I quit duel links in 2019. I remember in 2016 when it first launched, I had a lot of fun with it and got my brother and his gf into it. We had some good times playing it but it got to a point where it got kind of repetitive and stale. All of guns points are valid in this video. Everything from waiting several minutes just to get into ranked to waiting behind an event or box release to get certain cards. With that said I have also enjoyed speed duels as it’s the physical version of the game and had a lot of fun there. Both speed duel and duel links are simplistic and easy to pick up. Something master duel will struggle to offer. However, Master duel for me has been really fun and I could see myself playing it for a while. It was a much needed upgrade from the days of duelingbook. I’ve recently stopped playing master duel and started playing goat and random card drafts with friends in person. There’s something about building a deck from scratch and using the cards you have to beat your friends that you just don’t get from any of these. I always seem to go back to a simpler time of yugioh where synchros were the hardest thing to get over. We’ve also added XYZs and even some link monsters to spice it up. Yugioh can be fun in many different formats and I think the key is there’s no one size fits all. You’re going to have your veterans, newbies, try hards, casuals, and anime onlys. I think the best suggestion would be to integrate all formats into master duel that way everyone can just get onto hub and play various different platforms and not have to fight for player count. As for now I’ll mostly be playing a goat-ish physical game with friends in person. To each their own. Just enjoy yugioh any way you want to!

Duel Links would be way better as an app if it had the same card aquisition model as master duel. The nice thing about duel links is that there is no master pack fluff in secret packs, so a single gem gives you more value (if you ignore that you may have to dig 200 deep into a box to get a single card). I prefer the simpler mechanics of duel links but the gacha style makes it ultimately worse. I would like a (skilless?) speed duel format in master duel with a very heavy banlist (bring the power level closer to around N/R format and keep big combo pieces out). Would make the game way more accessible to new players

Was kind of putting down duel links before master duel came out. Now that it's here I don't think I'm likely to ever go back to duel links.

So what you're saying is now is the best time to try and get King of games?

Bunsblazing!!! I just recently went back to links. I stopped playing due to starting a family but mainly because they introduced pendulums lol. Same thing happened in tcg. I decided to give links a try again because i got nostalgic and missed the early days of links back when farming for enemy controller was so difficult and my first kog was with Dino beat. I’m hoping something like the early days of links comes out. Goodluck with master duel and I’m glad your back

By the time I started watching watching your duel links you were like 2 months away from quitting RU-vid, great to have you back

I played DL a while ago but I stopped playing when I switched phones and couldn't do a data transfer without a Konami account. Now I'm fully playing YGO on master duel.

I think at this moment the only good thing on DL are the characters and their voice line in certain card that they use either in manga/anime but in terms of accessibility MD is far superior and much more convenient as well as F2P friendly

I did play some duel links and followed your channel somewhat but I always loved master format more and play it irl to this day. So Im glad master duel is so f2p friendly. I immediately crafted my favorite decks, didn't take too long, as oposed to duel links where it takes forever for a f2p.

WHATS BEEN ON YOUR MIND GUNSS??? YOU CANT LEAVE ME HANGING LIKE THAT

Its awesome to see someone else playing Magical Musket Amazement. My favorite deck that got me into Platinum

Nothing wrong with playing both. DL for animation and quick duels & MD for when you have time to sit back and have a long duel.

OMG 😂 YES 😂 Every time i got on duel linkz here is 50 text boxes about the last event ending, the new event beginning, some overworld event, the new boxes, a reminder for ur mom’s birthday, it was ridiculous

Been watching you since early duel link days! I did end up quitting after a few months into duel links once all the gems ran out. Loving the content!!! Keep it up

I actually started playing Duel Links again on mobile after Master Duel release (not frequently, but when I have some time to kill). I had stopped playing for maybe a year or two, but MD definitely reinvigorated my interest in Yugioh. I'll probably still play DL casually but won't be putting much more money to it, if at all. Like Dkayed keeps saying on his streams, DL has a big accessibility problem because of its monetization model, where in MD there's no barrier to entry on making whatever deck you want.

I came from Duel links and used to watch ur vids back when u played the game. I’ve moved on to master duel and don’t regret it. The game is just fun as heck

I quit Duel Links many years ago. I once streamed the game with 100 concurrent viewers making top 100 for the NA region. I never cared to come back or switch to this game when I seen it came out. Very grateful you were my first Twitch Streamer I found from YT back when you had less than 30 viewers. The whole last gamble decks with Joey was by far the best quality content I rocked after you. Glad to hear you're having fun again and streaming. Last I knew you were working on a game and quit streaming.

Been a long time DL player since release and follower of yours since the Tenkabito days. Good times lol but I agree it’s hard to go back to DL since MD has more to offer. Will miss the banger tracks on DL and the voice lines to BM but it’s time to move on. Will probably log in to DL once a while when bored but KOG or pve grinds I’m sure as hell done with.

In Duel Links, I had to restart my account once so I built a KOG Ritual Beast deck in about a week, but my gem supply was dry, so I had to wait 2 months to make another fully functional deck (f2p, of course). In Master Duel, still f2p, I made 2 plat 1 worthy decks (fluffals and VW) in less than a week and now, after almost 3 weeks of playing, I also made True Dracos, Trains for the event, and Darklord, and I’m working on Adamancipators. It’s just so much easier to get to the level where you want to be. Although there’s one comment I saw where someone compliment the changes in meta in Duel Links, which I can wholeheartedly vouch for. As someone who played since the Dunames Dark Witch pack, when Naturias and Hammer Shark beatdown were meta, I’ll miss the development of a complex card database over time, but that sentiment does not outshine the greatness of MD.

I’ve never played Duel Links but I’ve watched your videos on it as well as your card lore videos. When I heard about the solo mode in Master Duel I was hoping it would be like your lore videos but I do like what we got. I think my favorite of your DL videos is the Kuriboh with two Spiked Chains.

I played DL since the GX era, I was already super sour on DL for the last several months prior to MD, so I was likely going to drop it in favor of MD regardless. Now that MD is out my opinion hasn't changed a bit, if anything it only got stronger. Uninstalled DL the day after MD dropped and haven't felt the slightest urge to play it yet.

I dropped duel links a long while ago, but i did play during your era. I even dueled you on one stream years ago. Duel links really isnt what it used to be and i cant see myself going back either. i've played master duel around 150 hours already and i'm in love with the game

I started playing duel links a couple weeks before master duel released and I had never played yugioh at all before that. After playing master duel I just can't go back to links. It's a good way to get into the game to learn most of how the game works. But, the polish, the crafting system, and just generally playing a more real version of the game in master duel makes it really hard to want to go back.

Duel links is just so expensive. I made 4 meta decks in master duels with no real money

Big fan of yours from old duel links days and definitely haven't been back since master duel dropped glad to see it's brought ya back

I'm here from masterduel. I specifically like your content due to how much more chill it is. I hate the excessively grandiose content that some dudes create. I just wanna hear regular volume content... why do these guys play it up so much??? I digress, this content is good stuff.

As someone whose been deep in the ygopro and edopro scene, master duel is really fun. My only problem is I’m a deck builder, not a ranked duelist. I want to build and not have to climb a ladder I don’t care about. Hopefully they add an exhibition mode like the event where I can just play my jank without worry

My issue with Duel Links is that it draaaaaaaaaaaaaags on releasing cards for no reason. The whole premise of the game was the anime aspect, having voice characters, card specific voicelines, animation etc. So one would expect that you'd at least get those in a timely fashion, but nope even among non meta cards they'll take FOREVER to release them. One example I always talk about is the abysmal way they treated 5Ds, no level cap augmentation it took YEARS to get staple signature cards (seriously it took almost 3 YEARS after 5Ds release to get fucking TUNING, TUNING BROS, its not even part of an archetype that will never be meta and by the time they released it we were already nearing pendulums 2 WHOLE WORLDS were already released.) I just find no joy in grinding only to have sit and wait, currently i'm already at 9000+ gems and I don't really play the game anymore, maybe if the finally decide to just release more cards instead of a trickle i'll come back

There’s positives and negatives. One is that I appreciate Duel Links pve. Solo mode is fun to learn decks, but it doesn’t last too long. The negative is that Duel Links is heavily p2w. While Master Duel I feel like I can run my Gem Knights. I also feel like my pull rate in Master Duel is a bit better compared to Duel Links. I’ll probably still log into Duel Links for the new boxes and event characters, but I’ll never play Duel Links pvp again.

Only problem I have with master duel is it feels like I’m not even playing the game. My opponent is either playing solitaire or just 10 negates so I can’t even play the game

Yeah, as you know Guns, I'm a player who started in Duel Links. I don't play anymore, but had been playing DL since like early 2017 when ShadyPenguinn started playing it, but got hooked on it after finding your Twitch, and until "the end of 2019/start of 2020"-ish when I basically quit for good. Duel Links ended up being more and more powercrept (like you said), and I really started to dislike the grind portion of the game, that I sank countless hours into without really ever going to use the cards, or skills etc. Also I really got bummed out when my favorite deck I ever played (L/D Agents: Hyperion Synchro OTK) got nerfed to unplayable status when the "Light & Dark" skill got hit. When then XYZ got added, it really just killed my motivation to keep playing. When Master Duel dropped however, I got inspired by you (yet again) to pick it up and I'm enjoying it a lot. Tho I'm not confident in my wide-scale deck piloting, I've spent quite a lot of time in building and testing some decks I really enjoyed in Master Duel, and climed to Diamond both seasons thus far. I started with Thunder Dragons, as that's an archetype from the TCG that I always found to be really cool, and is what I used to climb ranked. I recently built two more meta-appropriate decks in Drytron and Adamancipators, and find that I really like combo decks! Especially since I can use Solo Mode to practice combos and such with no time constraint. (Part of why I don't like ranked as much yet is due to me wanting more time to think on plays/lines/options etc.) Sorry for the rant, just wanted to share:) ~Keep up the good work bro!

I've played DL since 2018 and drop it when Master Duel released. It is so much fun to play in Master Duel cause they give you freedom to craft any card you desire and unlocking secret packs!!!

Guns do you play irl yugioh? I started playing master duel not from duel link but from irl yugioh I go to my locals basically every week. It’s quite fun

I used to play Duel Links eventually quit due to the game feeling super repetitive, but of course i still watch my guy gunsblazing

Been subbed from early Duel Links (Pre GX era) but stopped playing Duel Links AGES ago because it just wasn't worth it due to the absolutely shit rates. Been on Master Duel from week 1 and I'm kinda obsessed. It's definitely not perfect and I don't know long its gonna hold me long term but I'm having a blast for all the reasons you mentioned and more. The fact that I can just start a new account and have a deck ready to go in less than an hour is insane to me. I really get to experiment and see what decks I actually like before committing to a single account.

Duel links was amazing from 2016-2018

I used to play master duels back when Gravekeepers was top meta deck, then it got power crept like hell and I stopped playing. Now I'm enjoying Master Duel like crazy

My main grip with Duel links was how grindy the events are and how you needed to empty out boxes 3 fuckin times to get what you need. I myself wasn't really big on pvp as the character aspect of the game is what drew me in. It was around when 5ds first dropped that I started to feel irritated towards that game with Konami deciding to lock character signature cards to either their skills or "usually" a damn main box. People genuinely forgot you used to get signature for free when first unlocking the character. And then theres making the character archetype decks. Before the structure deck Yusei was easily the worst one to make when it came to this. Over 3 seperate boxes to get the cards you need to make a decent junk deck. As someone who only spent money two times in that entire games life the grind was exhausting. Down right irritating after the nerfed the auto duel ai intelligence practically forcing you to manually farm. When Master Duel dropped it gave me instant relief to see all those secret packs just lying in wait. In my excitement I made about 5 or 6 decks without even considering what was meta. Just went out and got what I wanted without a hassle. (Metaphys rogue is so satisfying) Grinding for even more gems on this game is far less of a drag than in Duel Links. Deck building is amazing and its where I spend most of my time in this game. And my god the music! They did not have to go that hard on this games soundtrack. Shit sounds like the sub version of an anime soundtrack. The quality of life changes and the huge pool of archetypes encouraging everyone to run their own thing (barely see any meta below plat) in pvp as well as the solo mode are huge reasons why I don't care about duel links that much anymore. Personally I'll only go back to duel links for character events or any new original event that looks fun to take part in. Everything else, especially pvp, isn't even worth looking into anymore. And ugh! Don't get me started on those grindy ass raids. They were fun the first time around. Now they suck tremendous gorilla d**k. (The Yubel event is still the most fun I've had due to how original her deck was, how hard it was to duel the first time around, the atmosphere it added to the game, and the environmental change. That there was one thing they have over Master duel but it ain't enough to keep me around. )

Used to play DL almost everyday, but when master duel came out, I almost don't play it anymore and the main reason why is because it is refreshingly different because the meta in DL is soo boring and boxes has become more trash. The bad part of it is that Konomi isn't helping the situation and make it even worse.

odd thing I found out about myself. duel links rankings puts me in a rage when I lose. but master duel's rankings im pretty much chill when I lose. its weird i know lol

Used to play duel links back in the day when you were still active on youtube for DL. Dropped it around a few months you stopped. Tried Master Duel for abit but I can see it follows a similar system and won't you eventually get power crept too? I dont mind spending some money for the deck I want to build, but you need to buy cards & roll its related cards to access hidden packs is kinda grindy/expensive imo.

I barely ever played duel links. I enjoyed your duel links content. I've been playing a ton of master duel, and I'm glad to see you are too.

@gunsblazing the end of your video cut out. You said you had something you needed to tell us and then the video ended. Mistake?

I found you because of DL, but I played the TCG even before DL got released. So I'm subbed because of you and your content. I was playing DL sometimes when I was bored and had nothing to do, did a real grind as a F2P, but since MD is out I don't see any point in playing DL anymore.

Bro I'm from way back in the day when you were on that heavy duel links grind, I was with you on that and I tried your red eyes exodia deck

I don't play Duel Links anymore because I realize how much time I need to spend into PvE in order to get gems, cards, skills. In Master Duel I just need to do Ranked in order to get more cards, more resources. That's what I wanted. And it's crazy how much expansive Duel Links if you compare with Master Duel, I don't want to spend all my resources and then my cards are banned or limited, in master duel at least I can dismantle.

I built 10 decks on Master duel, 2 of which are meta contenders, without spending that much time in it, and I can still build more decks, if I have the creativity to do so. In Duel Links, I have only 6 decks I'm confident enough to call it built and I still lack a meta deck to use even after a year and a half of farming and playing almost all events. And I haven't spent a cent in either of those for the decks I made. I don't even care about the complexity in Duel Links, I just get frustrated at being stuck with a handful of decks and the lack of variety on the opponents I face.

I've come from duel links... The reason i quit duel links is simply becouse, as a free to play player you have to save up gems for months in order to build a deck out of a small box and then hope ur deck doesnt fall of the tierlist in 2 weeks... This game is much more accesable but as a filthy duel links casual, man its hard to get into, as the decks are super complicated, but i've been having fun with a code talker deck for the past few days and man, once you learn these combos ita super fun. Anyways i've been watching the stream since almost the release of duel links and i gotta say i'm glad to see you back my dude!

I originally played Duel Links, quit, came back, then quit again. Games like Legends of Runeterra (LOR), Vanguard Zero, and Shadowverse drew me in much more than Duel Links due to how often you needed to update your deck in Duel Links and you had to either grind up a lot of gems or spend money to keep up. In games like LOR, Vanguard Zero, and Shadowverse, the crafting systems are so good (or good enough) that you really don't need to buy packs if you don't want to in many situations. This is where Master Duel surpasses Duel Links and is what Duel Links needs to add if they want to remain relevant at all - they need a crafting system, period. LOR has one, Shadowverse has one, Vanguard Zero has one, and Master Duel has one. If Duel Links wants to survive, they need to become more F2P friendly and add a crafting system.

I happily Uninstalled duel links ,wasted so much money on it..

To answer your question, guns. I'm one of the older viewers. I've been subscribed to you since 2018. I do still play Duel Links, although I'm definitely losing interest, seeing as how Konami are fine with killing the game. And speaking of killing, this sort of mentality is why I'm not gonna get into Master Duel. It stands to reason that they can do the same as DL to MD. If I wanna play the TCG, there's YGO Pro. But hey, I'll still watch your videos. Konami can't stop me from doing that.

I started out with Duel Links but I had a lot of problems with it even before Master Duel was released and I quit around the time Fur Hire got hit on the banlist. I tried going back a while ago but I figured I'd just wait until MD was released and try that instead. Master Duel has been a lot more fun than DL was for me. I only wish that there were more ways to earn gems, especially with solo play. I've cleared out all of the solo content that gives gems and now the only option I have left is spamming Ranked duels and I understand that's the point of the game, but there's only so many times I can duel against the same annoying decks over and over before it starts to get stale. On top of that, I've got three completed decks now and I really like them, but it's not hard to get burnt out when you're playing the same three decks over and over, and against the same decks over and over. I want to be clear that I'm not simply bashing the game. I've been loving Master Duel, these are just the few gripes that I have and I have hopes that things will get better in time with events and such. And I know Konami has to make money with the game, they have obligations and shareholders, but I don't think being a little bit more generous with gems is going to bankrupt them. Plus, when it's easier to get new cards and build new decks, more players will stick around and be more likely to spend money on other things, like cosmetics.

Master Duel is also on mobile now, too. So unless you're a hardcore Duel Links player, it's pretty much done

I stopped playing Duel Links when XYZ just got introduced. I recently got back into it because of Master Duel. My cards were easy to adjust with the new banlist and I could still play well despite all the new cards that have come out since. The biggest advantage Duel Links has over Master Duel is SPEED. I wait for a really long time for my opponent to finish their turn on Master Duel while Duel Links has me actively engaged. The amount of times I get OTK on Master Duel was so high when I reached Platinum while bricking is the only thing that will really stop me from being able to play past the first turn in Duel Links.

I'm also from duel links and feel pretty much the same way about it. I'd really like a kind of speedduel format in master duel, doesn't have to be with skills but at least with limited zones and only 1 main phase. PS. I loved your old outros btw. I'm still listening to disarm you on a regular basis. Any chance an outro in that style is coming back?

I quit Duel Links a long time ago. You basically have to play it non stop to keep up with it if you're going f2p, and if you take a break from it and come back you have so much to catch up with.

9:06 truer words have never been spoken! 😅

I’m returning to DL bc MD reminds me why I left the TCG in the first place: 1) Infinite omni-negate boards 2) Unbreakable floodgates 3) Just over-all unfun meta

I'm here cuz of the lore series, however, I did like watching your duel links content. I played a little duel links when it first came out... But what you said about tutorial island? I've had that feel since day 1, plus, I don't really like the whole anime character thing. So I never really got into duel links. But your content on it has been fun to watch lol

Literally downloaded duel links because my k51 isnt compatible and after playing masterduel and getting back into yugioh after 16 years i realized i missed it and i want a pocket yugioh it kinda reminds me of yugioh from when i was a kid because of its simplicity but master duels pretty top tier

I left DL towards the end of last year, Nov maybe due to its repetitiveness. I installed master duel on my xbox just to see what's it's like and I love it. I have it on my mobile now and I'm running around in ranked playing tellerknights. The new decks confuse me and tellarknight were in DL and I thought they were great. Hoping to hit plat today.

I actually never played duel links, but subbed for the card lore videos. I followed duel links meta but never cared as a TCG player. I love your channel and the master duel content is great!

Also,I played duel links last in 2018 but since my phone's absolute BS I didn't keep going but The moment Master duel released I literally couldn't stop playing,Especially when I got back into Yugioh a while back from rewatching the anime so that was good timing

I started with links and then moved to the tcg, when covid began I went back to links because I wanted something to play and now I play tcg and Master duel I've been following gunz since links and I'm very happy he's back

I came in from the TCG to Duel Links, so while things felt fairly barren at first compared to what I was used to, it was still enjoyable to play some bite sized archetypes in a more controlled environment, not to mention thanks to the format, some archetypes like U.A. and Fur Hire saw tremendous amounts of success, something they had never seen in the main game, which was great to see. What killed it for me is how expensive the game got, how nerf heavy they would get with cards, and how much you had to play keep up to the meta at times. So many mandatory cards locked behind either an event that happens only twice a year maybe, or behind a pack paywall since, despite Hearthstone already establishing itself years prior as THE online card game, Duel Links still lacked basic features like crafting. There's none of that really in Master Duel. At most my favorite deck, Prank Kids, could have their link 1 limited like in the TCG and it would still be T1 functional, not to mention there won't be any major power creep in the foreseeable future that makes the deck unplayable. Only real issue is one that's shared with Duel Links, where it'll burn a hole in your wallet if you want to expand the decks and archetypes you want to play around with, but thanks to crafting alone it's not nearly as egregious as DL could ever be.

DL was cute for what it was - a cashgrab. I’ll admit I had fun playing DL for a while, but as someone who plays yugioh IRL the disconnect of the experience of DL vs playing yugioh IRL with your homies at locals was just TOO vast. Konami finally releases the yugioh game that the actual yugioh player base has been BEGGING to be made for years: An official game that gets friggin updated. Sorry DL, but I’m kicking you to the curb. The definitive Yugioh game is here

I loved you duel links videos but I'm also really happy to see one of my favorite yugioh content creators come to master duel so I can relate to their content.