Usually there are a few cards that are only 1 copy but there are alot.

After buying 2 cores I only have 2 of each as extras for each faction.

Fits in more kinds of cards but I wasn't expecting this many.

Need to buy a 3rd set lol.

I tend not to care about the Netrunner problem of buying a 3rd core for 6 cards but I bought 4. I think cores like this are better for the community or those who hate the lcg coreset distributions since there is less "waste" for the 2nd and 3rd core purchases. If I am correct there are only 2-3 2 ofs in each faction.

And still after buying 3 sets you have so have 1 set worth of extra cards.

Even as someone who is surely going to buy 3 sets (2 first, then another later) because I love the game so much I'm also somewhat disappointed by the entry level cost of competitive play here.

Every LCG has required 3 copies. The great thing about this one having so many 1 of's is it means there is very little "waste" in the 2nd and 3rd sets unlike say Netrunner.

Happier for 1 ofs. Means more card variety, less duplicates. I always buy 3 sets anyhow.

This discussion seems to never end

I hadn't thought of it that way , less extras after 3 sets

Except those warlords

Not too bad then.

Now idealy i wish they'd just put 3 of each card in the core set, but this way with more cards and no waste i can live.

Now I'm off to go bug my local shop owner and see if he's willing to do a buy 3 get one free deal

Hmm. Wouldn't almost tripling the number of cards in the Core Set logically also make it almost triple the price? And would anyone other than people already planning to play competitively buy a Core Set that cost around $100?

Every LCG has required 3 copies.

Except Star Wars. Because Star Wars is awesome like that

In an ideal world they would keep the price down.

But i see your point.

But what would you rather have a 6 faction core box with 3 of each and a large expansion with the other 2 factions (3 of each)

or would you rather have the 8 faction box that you have to buy 3 times?

You know what? I just answered my own question: the 8 faction core times three IS the better option.

I opened, sleeved, and sorted three core sets.

Each faction only has two cards duplicated.

Trash duplicates are warlords, signatures, planet cards, and info cards.

Overall, not as much duplicates as I feared! I like the distribution.

I never expected people to be happier to get less of something for the same price.

"There's less waste!"

Really? I would rather throw extra cards in the garbage than have so many singles in the core set. What I actually do with extras is keep more decks built and give them to people who don't have money for extra cores or lost some.

Also happy with it, so many more unique cards at release!

Well you get more diffrent cards rather than the more of the same.

Compare it with netrunner wich is very "mono color" so to speak, you only get to splach in 15 dots (not cards, dots!) of diffrent faction cards. While 40kC is almost like Smash Up : take faction A and faction B, shuffle them together and you have a deck.

You don't really need to have 3 of each, its just that almost everybody wants to build a mono (lets say: space marines only deck) that's up to them.

Or compare it to warhammer invasion core box. Some cards in threes, some cards only once, and the high and dark elves have a few teaser cards. Either you print each card once or you print each card trice. I want none of this "yeah everything is in there several times except the one good card, thats only in there once." Bah!

I never expected people to be happier to get less of something for the same price.

"There's less waste!"

Really? I would rather throw extra cards in the garbage than have so many singles in the core set. What I actually do with extras is keep more decks built and give them to people who don't have money for extra cores or lost some.

Exactly, people don't like getting less for the same price. With Netrunner you are getting fewer unique cards and more copies of the same cards. So, there is less in Netrunner than there is in WH40K. In fact, if you look at the product descriptions Netrunner has 252 cards and WH40K has 274. You're not even getting as many cards in general with Netrunner, even when you aren't considering unique vs non-unique.

I wish they sold a "Core box filler" pack so that you get only the missing cards instead of having wasted cards like warlords and signature units+ tokens,. im willing to pay 30 or so to just be able to get the remainders.

I wish they sold a "Core box filler" pack so that you get only the missing cards instead of having wasted cards like warlords and signature units+ tokens,. im willing to pay 30 or so to just be able to get the remainders.

/deadhorse.

Sorry, but that particular notion has been discussed to death (just check out the other topics in this forum; they're on the front page even). Suffce to say, they aren't gong to happen any time soon.

Encouraging wasted material and garbage should be discouraged when marketing products, buying multiple cores will inevitably take up space in storage and if thrown away then garbage being created.

You sell a product that comes with wasted materials, that is very illogical.

/deadhorse.

This topic has been discussed many many times. Including on this forum. The reasons FFG do this are by this point well established, and it is unlikely it will change.

Thats fine, they will have the reputation that their customers are unhappy with the decisions they make and thats satisfying enough for me if they will "NEVER" change.

Not all of their customers are unhappy with their decision. I'm certainly not.

Nor am I. Great core set. Love the variety it provides.

I am very happy with the game. The more I play this game the more I'm intrigued by all of the strategic decisions that must be made from phase to phase.

I am very happy with the game. The more I play this game the more I'm intrigued by all of the strategic decisions that must be made from phase to phase.

Totally agreed!