So as we all know in the new B-190 and B-191 sets that are set to come out early October we are getting some upgrades to a few meta relevant parts. Of course here I am talking about Metal Drift and Bearing Dash. These upgraded versions of Drift and Bearing will without a doubt see a lot of play in the Standard format competitive scene.
So with all of that being said let me explain what my concern actually is. It isn’t that these parts have gotten upgrades. I actually don’t mind if as the game evolves so do the older parts. But what I am having an issue with is how much this can affect the deck format portion of Standard. Now with the rules allowing people to use all of the variations of one part within a deck this will allow players to use essentially 2 copies of one of the 2 most powerful parts currently used in Today’s meta.
We all know by now that Drift is almost if not completely unrivaled in opposite spin match ups. Now imagine being able to have a deck where you can put one drift combo in right spin and the other in left. Now no matter what you have a combo for each spin direction to out spin any combo of the other spin direction. Unless of course they too use a drift combo that is the opposite spin of your drift combo. But we all know how that tends to go. DRAW CITY!! Now you get to the issue of there being 8 long match gaps of draws between points being scored. Meaning it can go on for anywhere from 15 minutes and up a match! Plus every judge will have to resort to using slow motion camera footage for each battle in order to find a winner and that can be a bad headache for the judge. Not to mention how disheartening it can be when without a camera you as the player think from what you saw, you squeezed out that little bit of a spin and should get the point only for the camera to say something different. It’s really upsetting, especially for some little kids that just wanna enjoy the game.
Then you have Bearing and Bearing Dash. Right now Bearing is one of the best same spin stamina drivers as well as having super good opposite spin LAD. Well right now if someone was to use both a right and left spin combo with bearing and bearing dash in their deck, if they get that crucial first point they could control the rest of the match with same spin match ups in deck format. That too will be a very upsetting experience for most people playing. Granted I have less of a problem with bearing than I do with drift. But I still think it’s an issue to look at.
I would like to say that I do not think any of these drivers should be banned. But I would like to think that maybe the rule of being allowed to use different variations of a driver in the same deck should be rethought and maybe removed. Maybe just allow players to have only one version a part in a deck. Like to where I can’t run both Destroy and Destroy dash in a deck, or even Destroy, Destroy Dash, and Metal Destroy. I don’t know if I would count things like yard and yard metal. Maybe have it only effect the different springs or plates of the driver? Either way I just see this becoming an issue after October. Though I guess I could be wrong?
Anyway please let me know what you all think about this as I am genuinely curious at to what the community as a whole feels about this.
(If there was already a thread about this I am sorry I didn’t see it anywhere.)
So with all of that being said let me explain what my concern actually is. It isn’t that these parts have gotten upgrades. I actually don’t mind if as the game evolves so do the older parts. But what I am having an issue with is how much this can affect the deck format portion of Standard. Now with the rules allowing people to use all of the variations of one part within a deck this will allow players to use essentially 2 copies of one of the 2 most powerful parts currently used in Today’s meta.
We all know by now that Drift is almost if not completely unrivaled in opposite spin match ups. Now imagine being able to have a deck where you can put one drift combo in right spin and the other in left. Now no matter what you have a combo for each spin direction to out spin any combo of the other spin direction. Unless of course they too use a drift combo that is the opposite spin of your drift combo. But we all know how that tends to go. DRAW CITY!! Now you get to the issue of there being 8 long match gaps of draws between points being scored. Meaning it can go on for anywhere from 15 minutes and up a match! Plus every judge will have to resort to using slow motion camera footage for each battle in order to find a winner and that can be a bad headache for the judge. Not to mention how disheartening it can be when without a camera you as the player think from what you saw, you squeezed out that little bit of a spin and should get the point only for the camera to say something different. It’s really upsetting, especially for some little kids that just wanna enjoy the game.
Then you have Bearing and Bearing Dash. Right now Bearing is one of the best same spin stamina drivers as well as having super good opposite spin LAD. Well right now if someone was to use both a right and left spin combo with bearing and bearing dash in their deck, if they get that crucial first point they could control the rest of the match with same spin match ups in deck format. That too will be a very upsetting experience for most people playing. Granted I have less of a problem with bearing than I do with drift. But I still think it’s an issue to look at.
I would like to say that I do not think any of these drivers should be banned. But I would like to think that maybe the rule of being allowed to use different variations of a driver in the same deck should be rethought and maybe removed. Maybe just allow players to have only one version a part in a deck. Like to where I can’t run both Destroy and Destroy dash in a deck, or even Destroy, Destroy Dash, and Metal Destroy. I don’t know if I would count things like yard and yard metal. Maybe have it only effect the different springs or plates of the driver? Either way I just see this becoming an issue after October. Though I guess I could be wrong?
Anyway please let me know what you all think about this as I am genuinely curious at to what the community as a whole feels about this.
(If there was already a thread about this I am sorry I didn’t see it anywhere.)