As you enter higher ranks your % for bad opening hands greatly increases. You start to constantly have weak opening moves from a deck that was consistent previously
anoymous
Konami should be embarassed for what they've done to this game. Ill be playing a DDD deck and the opponent will summon a lava golem to my side. Ill counter by Pend summoning 2 8s and XYZing 1 and the golem. Using my Pend monsters to negate everything opponent does then they still have enough resources to stop my attacks and finish me next turn even though I negated what should have been all they had, but it seems now that I will go on loss streaks where after Ive emptied everything I have trying to defend on their first turn, theyve always got more. Its as if the system adjusts the match so that you use up all your possible defenses before them.
anoymous
Im so tired of seeing the "switch" flip. Ill win 6 in a row and my opponents will start to consistently have perfect counters for anything I play and it doesn't matter how close to a god hand I have. Ill jump from winning 7 to losing 6 so Im placed right back where I started. It gets to the point where I start with what is essentially the best possible hand and my opponents hand is filled with "in hand " negation and set ups to wipe and finish me on their turn. I can do nothing because its meant to be. Duel Links wants you to dive into that 180 card box, desperate for the card you believe will give you a new edge.
anoymous
Eliminate all of opponents monsters, use my entire backrow to survive and my pendulum monsters to negate. I go to finish them and the only card I didn't destroy was drowning mirror force and I lost next turn. Its always like this. The illusion that its a fight, but the result is already decided. Back row changes depending on which cards you destroy. Its not real people.
anoymous
Hahahahaha. Ill change my deck after a loss streak and then Ill be facing old decks I haven't seen in years that happen to counter what I have.
B-b-b-bots
anoymous
I will use the most consistent DDD deck. It will have Synchro/Tribute/XYZ/Fusion all as options. Everything flows together and then the game decides I need to lose 7 in a row so I feel my deck is bad.
I will use skills and decks that people claim are rigged and need a nerf and still get perfectly countered. This game isnt real people
Its all bots that you play against and different people face different bot algorithms which give the illusion of the climb to KoG.
anoymous
This game locks you into losing streaks and makes you believe it's bad RNG in order to get you to spend money.
I will use decks that have made KoG that day and lose in the opening hands 5x in a row when I fully understand how to use the deck
anoymous
There are way too many things that constantly happen to chalk it up to coincidences.
Example - Opponent has 100LP left, empty field, with a single card drawn and that card is what starts their chain to wipe me and win in that turn. Its like a movie script. The outcome is pre determined and they try to encourage you to spend money on cards and to believe your deck isn't good enough to win.
Featured decks that make Kog that week will hand you 6 consecutive OTK losses, but they assure you thats the deck you need.
Also, the game of "Ive destroyed 2/3 of your set traps but the last one is always the one you need to stop me" screams that this is fixed with bot matchups and set cards change position.
That is all. Probably dont play this.
anoymous
When testing a deck vs AI, your draw variety is good and most of the time you get off a good starting hand. Now go try that in PvP and find out they force you to dead draw to start most match ups.
anoymous
I made a deck that would negate fusions, XYZ and Synchro then was faced with 3 Ritual decks in a row.
That is more than enough evidence that it is fixed matchmaking to force a loss.