This is feedback Matt needs to hear. I agree it is demoralizing and unfun to lose in ranked play against a deck with better cards than you. Just because said decks will eventually have a fair distribution higher in the ratings over time, it doesn't make the experience of losing down to your fair rating level any more fun.
Maybe there will be that magic equilibrium where incomplete silver, gold, and diamond decks will congregate in the Modern ranked play with Conclave Arcana, but I'm not sure what will happen when all the maxed Chaos Legion goes away. It will be vitally important to the game that this experience and "great reset" of Modern goes well for non-max deck players.
There will always be an equlibirum, but at least for me and the type of player I am if I lose to someone with overleveled cards I get demoralized and sad because I cant afford them. It really puts me down.
If I lose to someone with similar cards as me I play more because I want to be better.
Yes I understand this mindset completely. Nobody wants to lose to someone because of their cards and not their skill. But I can also imagine that beating a player with better cards must be even more rewarding knowing that your superior strategy outplayed their card advantage. It is a very delicate balance and I'm hoping that when Chaos Legion rotates, players in your position will have an easier time finding battles against players with similar cardpools.
Yeah, I dont know. I cant tell the future. Maybe things will work out like this somehow. Or maybe something better will come along.
Lowering the price of CA would certainly help players like me though. I think what is proposed in this post can help with that.
I hope so as well. We need to do whatever we can to support players having fun playing the game without needing to buy every card.