(Sep. 26, 2015 6:23 PM)Kei Wrote: (Sep. 25, 2015 10:06 PM)Bey Brad Wrote: (Sep. 25, 2015 9:19 PM)Wombat Wrote: Although Brad always says he won't blame anyone for not jumping into Burst because of the tooth issues, my reason for being a little slow is that since I have to be picky about what I buy, so I need to see what is good competitively first. Of course, with the nature of Beyblade where the newest release is generally superior to all previous releases this is difficult to keep up with efficiently. It doesn't exactly make me comfortable knowing that all three of these will be pretty useless in a matter of months (aside from the String Launcher), but oh well.
The thought that some might prefer a fixed metagame with no new releases is something that I'm seeing here for the first time ever. It's interesting, to say the least, even if I don't particularly get it. ^^;
Yeah, I agree ... It's been so long since MFB has had any releases that a fixed metagame has kind of become the norm, when really, it never was like that before. You've always had to buy the newest Beyblades to keep up competitively with every generation of Beyblade; in deciding to play in an ongoing series, that's just something you need to embrace. Having a "fixed metagame" is interesting in its own way–don't get me wrong–but being present for the evolution of the metagame over the span of years is great for the perspective and general knowledge of how the game works fundamentally you gain.
That said, I can understand being cautious about which new releases you plan to buy if you are not able to buy everything. It does become tough to keep up properly though if you're in an active region because in some cases, the players who do well are the top players who are able to get the newest releases quickest (I would say if I 'bad' player got a new release quickly, it won't necessarily propel them to victory). I remember back when VariAres D
was released in 2011 I purposely made the effort to buy the WHF pre-release of it so that I could have it in time for HIGH PARK THROWDOWN 3 before anybody else haha.
I joined the WBO just around when 4D was ending, so I wasn't around for most of the developing period. In Zero-G I believe I only bought Guardian Revizer, a RB1 (Pirates Saramanda), and Dark Knight Dragooon before Takara Tomy stopped production, but then again Zero-G was a short series in general. I guess I prefer a "fixed metagame" because it's what I'm used to. Limited is my favorite format even though it's the least "fixed" (besides Burst), but that's because a banlist change doesn't necessarily mean "buy this new thing or you're at a serious disadvantage", it just means you can (not) use a part you probably already have.
The main problem is money. While I'm not poor by any means I don't like to spend a lot of money on things unless it's necessary. It basically boils down to me being torn between "X is good, but since X is so new it will be more expensive" and "By the time the price of X drops to something more comfortable, it will be outclassed by Y which is the same price/more expensive than X was to begin with".
It's also a personality problem too. In spite of how much I've spent on Beyblades I'm not the kinda guy to go and buy 4 BBG-025s just so I can do Wyvang Wyvang vs. Wyvang Wyvang tests. That's carping expensive and I only really need 1 of like all the other parts of the set. You only battle with one Beyblade at a time, so unless a part breaks or wears down really quickly duplicates aren't really necessary. I don't trade or buy another Wyvang off someone else because I can't stand having spare parts/incomplete Beyblades lying around (the only exception being Wide Defense WD). To this day I only own 1 Wyvang because Hasbro never released it.
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