And it comes down to one thing. Coins. A resource unique to them that the opponent has no way of interacting with, outside of playing a very specific faction ability (Lockdown).
Just an absolutely terrible design decision. They aren't fun to play. They aren't fun to play against. Watching a Whoreson's Freakshow deal out 30 points of damage in a single turn, while you sit there, unable to do anything about it, and the guy STILL ends up on 9 coins, is quite frankly ridiculous.
For abilities that can literally win a game singlehandedly, in 1 card, regardless of anything else present on the board, or cards in either players hands, with zero setup (thanks to the GAIN 9 FREE COINS ability, which also doubles as a free 9 point boost when you're at max because it's literally IMPOSSIBLE to play that faction and not have MAX coins all the time, whenever you fancy it).
Garbage faction.
If you're gonna keep coins, then either the PROFIT on most cards needs to be reworked, or the FEE abilities need to be more expensive. I mean, looking at the meta report for the last season is a joke. When certain decks and abilities have a 70% winrate across the board...I mean, come on. I'm 1 game away from Pro Rank, I'll get there easily, but not tonight, because the 5 times I've got to that last breakthrough game, a Syndicate player has outright robbed me and I just have no more patience today.
Like, it's a complete joke. I could craft a Syndicate deck now and faceroll my way to top 100 with a 95% winrate.
Just an absolutely terrible design decision. They aren't fun to play. They aren't fun to play against. Watching a Whoreson's Freakshow deal out 30 points of damage in a single turn, while you sit there, unable to do anything about it, and the guy STILL ends up on 9 coins, is quite frankly ridiculous.
For abilities that can literally win a game singlehandedly, in 1 card, regardless of anything else present on the board, or cards in either players hands, with zero setup (thanks to the GAIN 9 FREE COINS ability, which also doubles as a free 9 point boost when you're at max because it's literally IMPOSSIBLE to play that faction and not have MAX coins all the time, whenever you fancy it).
Garbage faction.
If you're gonna keep coins, then either the PROFIT on most cards needs to be reworked, or the FEE abilities need to be more expensive. I mean, looking at the meta report for the last season is a joke. When certain decks and abilities have a 70% winrate across the board...I mean, come on. I'm 1 game away from Pro Rank, I'll get there easily, but not tonight, because the 5 times I've got to that last breakthrough game, a Syndicate player has outright robbed me and I just have no more patience today.
Like, it's a complete joke. I could craft a Syndicate deck now and faceroll my way to top 100 with a 95% winrate.
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