I'm mixed on it so far. On one hand, I had some legitimately good and close matches that made me feel like I won by outplaying the opponent, even from behind, and with a team including some favorites. On the other hand, it's definitely stressful and mentally taxing, and some matches were just unwinnable for me, especially as I run a team without a lot of meta elements (no saves, no ranged cav, no Yuri). I ended up rank 499 though, much better than I expected, but I may take it easy next season depending on the map and bonus units.
Great job! I definitely don't like the aspect of getting randomly hard countered. I could probably avoid that to an extent if I built a better team tho
I really enjoyed the mode AND I really enjoyed your videos! Please make more. I've lost games before because I panicked, froze, and didn't realize I was taking more time to react than 30 seconds before the game turned into auto-battle, so I really admire people who can think on their feet AND offer commentary while playing the game! You played really well.
Thank you so much. When I first started recording my gameplay I was the same way. It just takes some practice to get used to commentating your own plays
I hope IS makes this game mode more forgiving because it can be good fun but it feels like there is no winning on this mode you either "win" and don't really win because you just ruined someone else's run or you lose and it can get really stressfull specially when playing on your last life. Also a single win doesn't really mean much for you but a single loss feels so bad since there's no retrying from scrap or something like that which works for Ar since the number of games played is set every week but on Ar you need 8 wins with 7 ladders but on this mode you need 16 wins (to reach tier 7) and only have up to 3 retries since your 4th completely ends your run unlike ar where you can still play while you have aether even after losing without ladders.
I will have to try this mode later, I don’t have any units properly built up for it. I also need to get access to far save because it appears to make things much better.
I am personally a bit mixed on the mode on the one hand I had fun playing it on the other hand as you mentioned it is super stressful which makes me glad this ranked mode isn't every week lol. Also very unfortunate I missed top 1k by like 90 spaces but thems the breaks.
I have such a love-hate relationship with this dang mode! It's stressful, but like you said, the competitive side to me still wants to go be good at it 😅 I'm a glutton for punishment
That's definitely one of my biggest grievances I have with the game mode. In order to get highly ranked you have to play tons of matches. It's a bit ridiculous how much you have to play especially considering how intense each match is
This Mode Has Made Me think so much harder and grind sp for skills so much harder i enjoy it very much sometimes! Fighting someone that has pure +10 merges and beating them With all your units alive is so satisfying.
I’ve done a handful of matches for the forma soul and the recent ranking. I don’t play ar anymore, arena, or summoner duels now. It gets really tedious, to play for meta and powercreep as you said. Would also add that these game modes are becoming so bad with the introduction of the feh pass sparking. It’s garbage and I may leave again for good this time.
Not a fan. Just like you said, i dont like the pressure even tho i am fairly competitive lol. I just dont have the time to grind either. Probably wont be taking it that seriously tho. Atleast there aren't orbs as rewards....that's what i gotta tell myself haha
I feel ya. I think the biggest stress for me is not having time for it right now. Also on a totally different note, I was fighting Mitsuzune in Rise last night and it was kicking my ass lol
@@Oblivionknight lmao. Yea, Mizu definitely is a slippery boi and can clap you pretty easily if you're not careful 😂 I heard the Deviant Mizutsune Event quest is really hard...i havent done it yet but im concerned how I'll do. I love fighting Mizu but i will admit, it can give me a run for my money if i get too careless. 😅
I did a bunch of this mode. I do not enjoy it. The casual aspect of summoner duels was what made it fun for me. And the rewards do not feel worth the effort or difficulty of this mode at all. I just don’t consider it worth trying with this mode so I likely won’t. Hopefully the climb is easy for you at least.
I... did not like this game mode, mostly because my units aren't really built to take advantage of the things that greatly help in Summoner Duels (debuff/buffbot allies, turn 1 specials, tons of Canto, meta or even support dancers, etc). I don't really have the tools to play competitively and thus I don't really like the mode. I also don't like that it gives better rewards than AA to the point I can't really afford not to play it.
This game mode definitely demands some unique builds and high investment, which is difficult to do. Even as a whale I don't feel like I want to invest heavily in this mode, because it will be volatile depending on maps/bonus heroes/captain skills
Yeah this game mode was almost fun. But (honestly) teams like yours are just a problem and ruin it. Units that are +30 winning matchups they would normally lose, Corrin's and Lysithea's killing anything they get in combat with, Yuri's just being way too good at everything... And even Ash just being a really slow strategy to fight against. Edelgard's being thrown into your entire team, +30 tanks being unkillable because your units are +0, etcetera etcetera... This game mode is shit, and it's actually BECAUSE we can all see how fun it COULD be, so we keep giving it chances, but in the end, it's just a new angle at getting players to want to spend thousands of dollars.
Completely agree and my team is definitely part of that problem. I'm a competitive person, so I will always use the advantages I have access to, but I do agree that it's problematic. I'd love to see IS remove merges, but the truth is they wont, because it makes them money
@@Oblivionknight Yeah and I agree with your stance, too. I'm also competitive, and I use some meta stuff myself (Eitri namely). But even yesterday, I went against a +30 Hardin that my Eitri couldn't even double swing on, LMAO. (And my Eitri is +Spd and double Sparrow. But hey, she's also +0, so RIP.) It's just frustrating. I understand that there's no real way to fix the "I don't have these strong units" struggle. But the merges and flowers and double assets... It's just too much. But it makes them money, and that's the bottom line... (Even though they'd make plenty of money without it, but when whales spend legit $10,000+ then that only validates the greedy decisions.) Welp, sorry for the TLDR ranting, lol. I don't really have a venting avenue!
Haven't played summoner duels to be honest. Uninstalled feh since I'm tired of their sexist treatment of guys and played a gacha game where freaking Auto play isnt paywalled. ToT!
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I'm mixed on it so far. On one hand, I had some legitimately good and close matches that made me feel like I won by outplaying the opponent, even from behind, and with a team including some favorites. On the other hand, it's definitely stressful and mentally taxing, and some matches were just unwinnable for me, especially as I run a team without a lot of meta elements (no saves, no ranged cav, no Yuri). I ended up rank 499 though, much better than I expected, but I may take it easy next season depending on the map and bonus units.
Great job! I definitely don't like the aspect of getting randomly hard countered. I could probably avoid that to an extent if I built a better team tho
I really enjoyed SD-R, but I haven’t been this stressed since the beginning of AR.
Also, your music is always so good!!
Thanks! I've been having a difficult time finding new music that isn't dmca lol. Ya, I think the stress is my biggest problem with it.
I really enjoyed the mode AND I really enjoyed your videos! Please make more. I've lost games before because I panicked, froze, and didn't realize I was taking more time to react than 30 seconds before the game turned into auto-battle, so I really admire people who can think on their feet AND offer commentary while playing the game! You played really well.
Thank you so much. When I first started recording my gameplay I was the same way. It just takes some practice to get used to commentating your own plays
I hope IS makes this game mode more forgiving because it can be good fun but it feels like there is no winning on this mode you either "win" and don't really win because you just ruined someone else's run or you lose and it can get really stressfull specially when playing on your last life.
Also a single win doesn't really mean much for you but a single loss feels so bad since there's no retrying from scrap or something like that which works for Ar since the number of games played is set every week but on Ar you need 8 wins with 7 ladders but on this mode you need 16 wins (to reach tier 7) and only have up to 3 retries since your 4th completely ends your run unlike ar where you can still play while you have aether even after losing without ladders.
Ya its definitely a high stress mode. It makes every match feels so important because failure is such a massive deal
I will have to try this mode later, I don’t have any units properly built up for it. I also need to get access to far save because it appears to make things much better.
Far Save is definitely a powerful option here, but there are other strategies that don't use it. This mode definitely is going to an intensive one
dude your content is amazing keep it up!
Thank you so much!
I am personally a bit mixed on the mode on the one hand I had fun playing it on the other hand as you mentioned it is super stressful which makes me glad this ranked mode isn't every week lol. Also very unfortunate I missed top 1k by like 90 spaces but thems the breaks.
Ya thats true. I'm glad it won't be every week at least
I have such a love-hate relationship with this dang mode! It's stressful, but like you said, the competitive side to me still wants to go be good at it 😅 I'm a glutton for punishment
Same. I can't resist but try when a competitive mode is added
Once you anticipate defeat every map, its enjoyable lol
Lol that's definitely one way to look at it
I played it but it was so stressful 🥺 I stopped at 1k glory lol…it was such a chore to grind even that
That's definitely one of my biggest grievances I have with the game mode. In order to get highly ranked you have to play tons of matches. It's a bit ridiculous how much you have to play especially considering how intense each match is
This Mode Has Made Me think so much harder and grind sp for skills so much harder i enjoy it very much sometimes! Fighting someone that has pure +10 merges and beating them With all your units alive is so satisfying.
The feeling of winning against a team that is super powerful does feel amazing!
My opponent disconnected and it punishes me
I really hate when they are losing and intead of surrender, they close they game... I totally agree, that is rude
I’ve done a handful of matches for the forma soul and the recent ranking. I don’t play ar anymore, arena, or summoner duels now. It gets really tedious, to play for meta and powercreep as you said. Would also add that these game modes are becoming so bad with the introduction of the feh pass sparking. It’s garbage and I may leave again for good this time.
Sorry to hear that though I do understand where you are coming from
Not a fan. Just like you said, i dont like the pressure even tho i am fairly competitive lol. I just dont have the time to grind either. Probably wont be taking it that seriously tho. Atleast there aren't orbs as rewards....that's what i gotta tell myself haha
I feel ya. I think the biggest stress for me is not having time for it right now. Also on a totally different note, I was fighting Mitsuzune in Rise last night and it was kicking my ass lol
@@Oblivionknight lmao. Yea, Mizu definitely is a slippery boi and can clap you pretty easily if you're not careful 😂 I heard the Deviant Mizutsune Event quest is really hard...i havent done it yet but im concerned how I'll do. I love fighting Mizu but i will admit, it can give me a run for my money if i get too careless. 😅
I did a bunch of this mode. I do not enjoy it. The casual aspect of summoner duels was what made it fun for me. And the rewards do not feel worth the effort or difficulty of this mode at all. I just don’t consider it worth trying with this mode so I likely won’t. Hopefully the climb is easy for you at least.
I doubt it. I'm probably going to need to try hard sooner than later, which I'm not looking forward too
I... did not like this game mode, mostly because my units aren't really built to take advantage of the things that greatly help in Summoner Duels (debuff/buffbot allies, turn 1 specials, tons of Canto, meta or even support dancers, etc). I don't really have the tools to play competitively and thus I don't really like the mode. I also don't like that it gives better rewards than AA to the point I can't really afford not to play it.
Forgot to mention that while I don't like playing it myself, I do enjoy watching others play it.
This game mode definitely demands some unique builds and high investment, which is difficult to do. Even as a whale I don't feel like I want to invest heavily in this mode, because it will be volatile depending on maps/bonus heroes/captain skills
Yeah this game mode was almost fun. But (honestly) teams like yours are just a problem and ruin it. Units that are +30 winning matchups they would normally lose, Corrin's and Lysithea's killing anything they get in combat with, Yuri's just being way too good at everything... And even Ash just being a really slow strategy to fight against. Edelgard's being thrown into your entire team, +30 tanks being unkillable because your units are +0, etcetera etcetera... This game mode is shit, and it's actually BECAUSE we can all see how fun it COULD be, so we keep giving it chances, but in the end, it's just a new angle at getting players to want to spend thousands of dollars.
Completely agree and my team is definitely part of that problem. I'm a competitive person, so I will always use the advantages I have access to, but I do agree that it's problematic. I'd love to see IS remove merges, but the truth is they wont, because it makes them money
@@Oblivionknight Yeah and I agree with your stance, too. I'm also competitive, and I use some meta stuff myself (Eitri namely). But even yesterday, I went against a +30 Hardin that my Eitri couldn't even double swing on, LMAO. (And my Eitri is +Spd and double Sparrow. But hey, she's also +0, so RIP.)
It's just frustrating. I understand that there's no real way to fix the "I don't have these strong units" struggle. But the merges and flowers and double assets... It's just too much. But it makes them money, and that's the bottom line... (Even though they'd make plenty of money without it, but when whales spend legit $10,000+ then that only validates the greedy decisions.)
Welp, sorry for the TLDR ranting, lol. I don't really have a venting avenue!
Haven't played summoner duels to be honest. Uninstalled feh since I'm tired of their sexist treatment of guys and played a gacha game where freaking Auto play isnt paywalled. ToT!
Sorry to hear that. Hopefully the game can make some good changes soon