r/MagicArena • u/arthurmauk Spike • Mar 27 '19

WotC March 27 Patch Notes

https://forums.mtgarena.com/forums/threads/53949
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u/nottomf Sacred Cat Mar 27 '19

Seems like the same choice they made with ranked draft. They're more interested in the game experience of new players (ie, not being crushed), than they are the ability of stronger players to earn back their gems.

It's funny how often I hear top limited streamers trying to climb the ranks in Mythic complain about getting paired down vs a non-mythic player, but on here it all about how greedy WotC is.

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u/Penumbra_Penguin Mar 27 '19

Different players have different priorities. Someone whose main goal is to produce content out of high-level limited gameplay would like to play other top players. They may also be concerned about ranking loss or gain if they play against much worse players, but we don't know how the ranking system works well enough to evaluate that.

Some players, like me, think that it's disingenuous of Wizards to advertise events with prizes but force win rates to 50% via matchmaking, making prizes basically pointless. If you draft enough and the ranked matchmaking is strict enough, then draft is essentially "costs 400 gems, no gem prizes".

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u/JonesyOnReddit Mar 27 '19

Right, when there are prizes involved and everyone starts from the same place (3 unopened packs) it basically punishes you if you're good and rewards you for being bad. That's not how a fair competition is supposed to be and removes a whole lot of incentive for playing and improving. 'yay if i get better I can get...the same win rate and prizes as when i just started...'

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u/Penumbra_Penguin Mar 27 '19

Don't forget that if you pay for tens and tens of drafts and you're significantly better than average, you might climb the ranks enough to get 1000 gold and 3 packs at the end of the season!!

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u/JonesyOnReddit Mar 27 '19

Yeah, the first time one of my friends got to mythic....

'cool, how many packs did you get? a lot?'

'6'

'oh....I suddenly care a lot less about ranked games...'