I am taking a break. Doesn't seem anything new or exciting. Trading worries me about the in game currency. If at any point I am forced to used money for a trading benefit I am dropping this game. Pokemon has become another greed filled empire just like pretendo. And it would be nice to enjoy a game without having to jump through hoops to even trade the extra duplicates without so many stupid fucking restrictions
eh..it is what it is, you are valid to feel that way. Among all the other mobile games out there, imo PTCGP is one of the most f2p friendly ones and least predatory.
The trading seems fair because while you can't trade higher than 1*, you are still able to complete any meta decks available to current date. Anything higher than 1* are just chase cards and that's how they'll make their money. I'm fine with that.