IMO, the whole "to be released" SSJ4 Gogeta/UI Goku and the LR VB debacle just shows how much GLB is pushing out cards without putting much thought on what it does to the game. I could see from the get-go that Legendary election was a bad idea; it was obvious that SSJ4 Goku or VB would win the election, and everyone was expecting a better version of what we have, or the current version awakening to LR.

The problem is that any decent upgrade on those cards would be an overkill for the current meta and create the ultimate go-to team, which is in contrary to what Bamco has bee trying to do, creating multiple viable leads that you want to pull on. It's the same reason SSJ4 Gogeta/Omega's leader skill got the "to-be-released" treatment, so that 120% leads had some time to shine. And now that VB/Rose 2.0 are coming out on JP, our LR Blue is stuck between trying to figure out a balance between viable enough, but not so powerful that you wouldn't pull on VB 2.0.

I can see the same problem happening with UI Goku. People pulled on that banner with the expectation that UI Goku is going to be great once awakened. With the introduction of VB/Rose 2.0 and possibility of Jiren in the near future, JP is ready for awakened UI Goku on their 3rd anniversary, and it will probably be the best team once it's released. And UI Goku would need to be just as good, if not better than VB/Rose 2.0 as a standalone unit to be relevant as their category leads.

When you take all that into account, I really don't see GLB UI Goku getting his awakening until our 3rd anniversary in July. It also makes sense for Bamco to line up their major landmarks like anniversary, because you want the most sought-after cards for those landmarks. The only other option is to do what they did with SSJ4 Gogeta and make it a simultaneous release.. which again could lead to the same problem.

To make it even worse, I expect the rushed releases of cards December(Gotenks, UI Goku and Ultimate Gohan) to result in major content drought down the road, much like what happened before STR Omega Shenron banner last year. It seems like January is time when Bamco realizes that they don't have enough content to stretch until the 3rd anniversary, in order to line up their major banners.

TL;DR-To sum it up, the problem is twofold.

1. These "to-be-released" cards are playing on our expectations, and they are way ahead of the meta. So something needs to be done to delay their full-release so that people will pull on upcoming banners.

2. The combination of releasing cards early on GLB while the hype is hot and GLB following JP in terms of the major banner results in further delay for "to-be-released" cards, as well as content drought, since there is nothing to replace those banner once GLB catches up.

I've been trying to be fair with this game. I've never been part of the global shaft camp and gave credit where it's due. But this constant cycle of Bamco cashing in on our hype, only to have us wait to use our shiny new toy at their full potential is starting to turn me off from the game. It's really not fair to GLB, and GLB doesn't get nearly enough exclusive content to fill in that gap.