(2015-12-13, 1:12 am)FlameseeK Wrote: So, I've noticed a lot of people talk about core decks, but are they actually worth doing if you're already doing some sort of extensive reading?
The core decks are good if you want to brute force your vocabulary up to around an N2 level. I did it and I saw huge improvements on word recognition and somewhat on listening (I only tested reading recognition no listening). The problem usually isn't whether it's worth it or not, but rather whether or not you can deal with how boring and dry it gets. A lot of people complain about how dry the sentences are in the Core decks and that tends to make the review process grueling for some.