I am not a player of the old game. I realised that l5r existed thanks to the efforts of a friend of mine during the 2 year break. Looking through those cards however, gave me the distinct impression that every last card had some flavour text, something to learn about the world of l5r. Unfortunately only about 1 in 4 of lcg cards appear to have flavour text. So I call upon the fortunes and our ffg overlords: please give us more flavour!
Where did the flavour go?
Totally agree, every card with room should have flavor text, I'll even volunteer to write it
As an Oni, I see every character to be flavorful.......................nom, nom, nom.
In the very old days, they almost exclusively used the flavor text on cards to tell the story. You got some in the fan newsletters (which were all clan specific) and the rest in bits and pieces from the cards. It meant much of the lore was passed on by oral tradition. It was really cool for immersion, but kinda sucked if you wanted to know what was actually going on.
Once that stopped, they still had flavor on a lot of cards, but not all. You're right that it's probably less now, but as long as it's good I don't mind seeing less.