r/OnePieceTC • u/vol-design Promising Rookie • Jul 16 '24
Question Is the current state of One Piece Treasure Cruise really as bad as I have heard?
I was highly addicted to the game in its first three years of inception, and I have recently gotten the urge to play it again. Though, many people on twitter discussing the state of the game are highly negative, so I’m curious if it’s really that bad or if it’s a louder minority/overall burnout. I am also curious if it’s just the end game that has gotten worse, or is it equally as bad for new accounts?
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u/PurringWolverine Promising Rookie Jul 16 '24
I downloaded the game again a year ago after about a 2 year hiatus. I deleted it after a week, and I’m never going back. It’s way too pay to win for me now, and it’s frankly not fun anymore.
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u/TuShay313 Worst Generation Jul 16 '24
I agree with you but I'm genuinely curious at the amount of people who used to play, quit and are still hanging around here to say they did. Is there some kind if hope youre clinging on to? This isn't meant to be offensive just... You quit a year ago that's so long ago lol. What are you (and the others) doing here.
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u/PurringWolverine Promising Rookie Jul 16 '24
Curiosity mostly, with a big dash of nostalgia. This game was a huge part of my gaming life for close to seven years, and I really do miss “the good old days.” I just can’t get myself to play it the way it is now, and hope a new one piece game comes out soon to replace it.
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u/Pick_A_MoonDog Promising Rookie Jul 16 '24
Some people are just subbed still and posts randomly show up. Others want to know when they should come back or if the game is getting better.
Sub used to be more active a few years back before they changed everything for the worse.
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u/TuShay313 Worst Generation Jul 16 '24
I remember but the reddit private blackout thing is what killed the sub it was never the same after that.
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u/Pick_A_MoonDog Promising Rookie Jul 16 '24
Yup that was the death of the sub really. Most people went to a discord, though I haven't been bothered to look for which one. I'm surprised that the sub got opened back up honestly
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u/MuHUErtekaiser Haha EoT go boom Jul 16 '24
It got opened back up but 8/10 posts is just "Look my rumble team" and the other 2 are hating on the game.
I miss when you would get your news from the sub with special animation videos and quides etc.
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u/Cherocai Promising Rookie Jul 16 '24
Im not the guy you responded too but for me its just out of curiosity.
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u/dasers1 Promising Rookie Jul 16 '24
I still for games I didn't play anymore. Biggest example for me is Lost Ark. I check out the subs every now and then to see the state of the game has changed and if it's worth going back too. Especially for games I've put money in
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u/cjdc88 Promising Rookie Jul 16 '24
I'd say yes, BANDAI is greedier by the day and making gameplay more tedious to "force you to spend", and even if you spend it is still a shitty experience and doesn't guarantee shit... I'll give the recent examples I have on my head.
This month's treasure map, the list of "boosted" units was nerfed greatly in amount... specifically/exclusively on the f2p units side (like raid units or f2p TM units)... which means I'm prolly gonna need to run with alot of non boosted units to beat the stages... which means I'ma have to grind the grindiest game mode much more than in previous months just to get the point rewards.
There is a new game mode called PKA, which happens every month and they added a really annoying quest this month to collect "rainbow hime turtles" that even if you whale (For extra drop rates), it is not guaranteed you will finish said quest due to abysmal drop rates... The game mode has been out for months and it was fine, but they suddenly added this quest to say f the community...
They say they listen to the community and feedback but they def don't... or do and not give a shit. New game mode called Co-Op came out where everyone was reporting crashes, not only have they not fixed it after months, but they blame the users end devices, while clearly ALOT of people are complaining about crashes that and game works "perfectly" in every other mode...
Those are the most recent things I've seen.
- Older greed move (since you only played first 3 years). I remember when I had almost every legend while being a "light spender" but now they have TM exclusive, Kizuna Exclusives, Rumble Exclusives, Anniversary Exclusives, and Super sugo exclusives... which means u can only attain said exclusives on their exclusive specific banner... meaning unless you hard hard whale you'll miss out on alot of units who will boost points for that event, and then fade into obscurity for 99% of time due to not being point boosters...
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u/ironreddeath F2P no RR's Jul 17 '24
Co-op mode is a RNG joke with poor communication
TM has ever increasing "minimum points" required to upgrade the PKA character, and the list of f2p boosters keeps getting smaller. The last map I literally had to use every single one including an unevolved super psy f2p luffy
Kizuna is loot box RNG and often relies on the latest unit to handle mechanics like how the recent chopper from last kizuna had a captain ability to reduce the pain debuff and was nearly required for one boss variation because that boss also gave you an HP cut, pain, and turned healing into damage
Rumble is dominated by heavy hitting legend filled teams, but it is doable f2p if you are lucky. The bigger issue with rumble is that due to the weird start times you basically have to gem if you want the rewards for 100 wins
Grand party is a whalefest full of RNG
we also never really get arena, raids, or special event islands outside of the occassional blitz that requires the latest boosters or you are never getting enough points.
All of this to not even discuss how most units have a "shelf life" of like 2 months max.
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u/New-Flight5959 Promising Rookie Jul 16 '24
I would easily say it's the most P2P gacha at the moment, notice how i said Pay 2 play and not Pay 2 win, because there's nothing to win; you just literally cannot "play" without paying. resources are so scarce you either have to go months without spending or you have to spend in order to summon at all.
new characters have also become irrelevant because there is no content to play outside of the monthly content that makes new characters good for exactly a month. Each update only makes the game worse, with each one making resources even scarcer and forcing you to spam the game for the bare minimum of resources.
Just play the TCG if you want a One Piece experience, Yoshi has killed this game.
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u/blackdragonstory Jul 16 '24
Naruto blazing flashback :)
And that game was good before they started abandoning ship.
Optc has abandoned ship imho.
They are prob working on a new game or only that other one piece game will remain.
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u/linkszx Promising Rookie Jul 16 '24
i redownload the game every 1-2 years since quitting in 2020 and its insane how worse it seems every time i come back lol
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u/Roronoa_Zoro8615 Promising Rookie Jul 16 '24
Yup it's shit. I've been playing since the start but the past few days I finally got the willpower to not open the app and it's felt so good.
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Jul 16 '24
Bandai is trying to kill the game. Invest your time in something healthy like going to the gym or doing irl things with friends
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u/Illcobeme Promising Rookie Jul 16 '24
Been playing since 2015. I still remeber pulling Sengoku as my first legend. That was epic, it meant something, wow a legend unit that will boost my box i thought.
Trying to beat forests raids and fortnights was fun, teambuilding was fun, the game was not flooded with generic units.
Now the game is at its shittiest. I take big breaks and come back every anni to pull the new legends and get out again. Cannot invest time in something that is clearly not fun anymore and is only a money grabbing machine for units that will remain in your box unused.
It was a fun chapter in my gaming years but yeah, it is way worse than you can imagine. Not worth returning.
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u/tiguar_optc setting flair Jul 17 '24
Oh the pain of getting sengoku, I think I spent $300 for him… now looking back wtf
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u/Aretem Promising Rookie Jul 16 '24
I'll tell you my experience.
I'm a returning "veteran" player who' s back a little before 10th anni. I've played since the release of v1 cp9 Lucci till before 9th anniversary, and i was a semi hardcore player, never miss any events ecc (not a whale btw). So I have seen any point of view of the game from noob to high end prospective and once you have reach a certain level with a very good box variety, the game become very plain, annoying and frustraiting in some ways beacause of the Bandai choices to basically ruin the game experience.
BUT from the pov of a new player there is too much thing to do (that may be good or bad idk) and this can be enjoyable. At the same time you are far far away to clear certain content like GV, PKA, TM new world if you don't pull for the new unit, GP ecc.
At the moment after about 2-3 months with a new account a really enjoy the game even if I know that the "fun part" can't last long. So i'd say try a couple of weeks and see if can be enjoyable again for you.
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u/vol-design Promising Rookie Jul 16 '24
Appreciate the thorough comment! Glad there’s at least a possibility of still enjoying the game, even if it’s only for a smaller while.
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u/Jaredchloe Promising Rookie Jul 17 '24
Yes, I would say even for new accounts it is just equally as bad. Because I can't seem to Imagine what progression looks like for beginners right now. Raid units are unnecessary, they are totally outdated you won't ever use them. Coli units are the same. New TM and kizuna units are probably more useful but I honestly don't look at what they do anymore. PVP especially grand party are heavily pay to win. So for new players, I don't know what content should they be aiming for.
Unlike back in the day, you need to get monster chopper to clear raid doffy. You need to max Raid mihawk to clear mihawk island. You need laboon to zombie raid garp. We got useful rewards to help us progress our accounts. Now, all you need to do collect gems and pull.
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u/dcboybile Promising Rookie Jul 17 '24
Started this game from day One Im 3 years clean now best decision ever
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u/Adrianime Oshiete Luffy Senpai Jul 18 '24
It's bad if you try to do everything. I think the game is fine if you just play the things you enjoy and accept that you won't always have or be able to get everything. I don't even do TM any more because it sucks. I don't do Blitz unless I have boosters. Any event that makes me play the same content more than 5 times in a single day usually is a pass from me with the exception of Kizuna because the alliance features in Kizuna are kind of cool. I can't even be bothered with PKA recently because trying to get the good rewards within 10 days or whatever is too time consuming for my tastes.
I mainly play this game for pvp, that's the only mode I'll grind with glee.
For reference, I started playing a little before v1 Shirahoshi came out. I beat all content in the game up until big mom forest then I quit. I came back 3 ish years ago, beat all content again, and now just do whatever. It's rare that I feel like I can't beat content, but the introduction of TM was the downfall of this game. It changed from "can I beat this" to "did I spend enough to be able to experience less pain while beating this". The difference between having boosters and not in the events is insane in terms of how much of your life you lose.
For me, I really like the mechanics, and the concept of this game. But the gameplay loop and predatory practices are pretty bad.
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u/Lbdolce New User Jul 16 '24
I mean, it is tough. But i have fun with it, been playing since its release 10 years ago. Its cool to see new modes introduced, my fav is currently the co op mode because i like the challenge and playing with others is very fun. I also am the leader of a decent alliance and we use whatsapp to chat, so its lively and fun.
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u/3D2YGiu Promising Rookie Jul 18 '24
Im playing since 10 years and i still like some modes Like Kizuna, Coop and PKA..but its really bad that the game have this circle of Game modes and If you didnt Like one Like TM there is nothing to do outside of TM.. I think if they could bring some tricky content to farm outside of the circle of TM, Kizuna, Coop, Grand Party, PKA it would be so much better..
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u/vol-design Promising Rookie Jul 16 '24
The social part of co op mode sounds pretty fun, how long would you estimate it would take for a new account to be able to play it?
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u/CardOfTheRings Promising Rookie Jul 17 '24
There are several difficulty levels so you could technically at least participate on any account
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u/deus-ex-inferno Promising Rookie Jul 16 '24
With a decent partner you can play it after a few weeks. Especially with all the new years characters. If you're very unlucky then maybe a bit more than a month. I'm talking about highest difficulty
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u/TuShay313 Worst Generation Jul 16 '24
It's fun just don't take it too seriously. Then one day you'll have a good box of characters and be like "hey maybe I should start taking these events seriously" but don't do it. Aim for mid rewards, have fun, or you'll be as sour as everyone else on this sub is(they definitely have a reason to be though). Keep it casual.
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u/majoraswrath97 Promising Rookie Jul 16 '24
As somebody that’s been playing for 5 months I find it great idk
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u/kadoka66 Promising Rookie Jul 16 '24
It's a freemium game running on a fomo mechanic aimed at making easy money. Nothing has changed since day 1. It's just becoming harder for the developers to make that money hence the squeeze of us, the players. I expect it to only get worse as we are in the endgame of the IP itself. As others have advised, if you do come back to play, probably best to keep your commitment casual. Only diminishing returns from here on out.
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u/ForgetfulTunic 591,524,373 Jul 17 '24
It’s bad for people that play it for more than 5 hours a week. If your time is scarce and you just want a one piece-themed game then you’ll be fine. Just accept that like most “free” downloads in the App Store, there are in-app purchases that give you a competitive edge.
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u/tor_karinto Promising Rookie Jul 17 '24
sad, but true. optc is p2w garbage with same boring buy-pull-grind content. difference - by SUPER ANNI LIMITED FEST you must pull 3 or 6 new batch. game is garbage, buddy - deinstall this
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u/Adrianime Oshiete Luffy Senpai Jul 18 '24
It's bad if you try to do everything. I think the game is fine if you just play the things you enjoy and accept that you won't always have or be able to get everything. I don't even do TM any more because it sucks. I don't do Blitz unless I have boosters. Any event that makes me play the same content more than 5 times in a single day usually is a pass from me with the exception of Kizuna because the alliance features in Kizuna are kind of cool. I can't even be bothered with PKA recently because trying to get the good rewards within 10 days or whatever is too time consuming for my tastes.
I mainly play this game for pvp, that's the only mode I'll grind with glee.
For reference, I started playing a little before v1 Shirahoshi came out. I beat all content in the game up until big mom forest then I quit. I came back 3 ish years ago, beat all content again, and now just do whatever. It's rare that I feel like I can't beat content, but the introduction of TM was the downfall of this game. It changed from "can I beat this" to "did I spend enough to be able to experience less pain while beating this". The difference between having boosters and not in the events is insane in terms of how much of your life you lose.
For me, I really like the mechanics, and the concept of this game. But the gameplay loop and predatory practices are pretty bad.
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u/TheMariox12 Promising Rookie Jul 16 '24
Just very recently they decided to make gamemodes worse. This month pka rewards were SEVERELY nerfed and this next TM has a horrible booster list.