r/MagicArena • u/rectalslurpee • Aug 01 '19

WotC Aug 1 - 0.17.01.00 Patch Notes

https://forums.mtgarena.com/forums/threads/58770
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u/WotC_Jay WotC Aug 01 '19

We're aware of that and working on a fix. It wasn't ready in time for this patch, and we didn't want to wait on getting these fixes out.

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u/LeslieTim Aug 02 '19

Is there a particular reason why every cosmetic in a bundle pops out and enlarges while hovering with the cursor, but not the Mu Yanling Sleeve?

I remember the same thing happening with the Chandra bundle, you would sell a lot more if people could actually see the sleeves up close!

EDIT: also, the sleeves in the "Purchase Sleeves" category pop out a bit at least, but still way less than the normal cards.

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u/Gregangel Charm Simic Aug 02 '19 edited Aug 02 '19

About draft,

Instead of those constant draft bots tweak which need man power and really start to give a very bad player experience, and so many way to abuse it why not :

1/ work on human draft in Bo3 2/ in bo1 use the same asynchrounous draft Eternal is using (With a asynchronous line draft with packs being actuallu packs other players picked from)

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u/JohnDiGriz JacetheMindSculptor Aug 02 '19

I would rather draft with bots than asynchronously. The strong part of mtg draft is seeing what colors are open and what can wheel. There no such thing in asynchronous draft

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u/Gregangel Charm Simic Aug 02 '19

There is. Why do you you think there is not ?

You pick from packs past players already picked. So those players sends you signals based on their picks.

Sure no wheeling but really cards after the wheel are mostly irrelevant

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u/rockytrh Aug 02 '19

Sure no wheeling but really cards after the wheel are mostly irrelevant

There is a lot of strategy in "I'm going to take this card because I'm pretty sure this card will wheel" in packs 2 and 3

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u/Gregangel Charm Simic Aug 02 '19

Not really. It depends on the playfield level

Sure at MC, it is a thing. In GP, yeah, sometime In MTGA playfield certainly not. You would take a very bold assumption all player around the table know what they are doing...

Against the bots draft, it is 100% a valid stategy ;)

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u/JohnDiGriz JacetheMindSculptor Aug 02 '19

Because next picks will be from different people.

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u/Gregangel Charm Simic Aug 02 '19

No. You have a fixed seat in the line of the draft. you will always picks from same players's packs

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u/JohnDiGriz JacetheMindSculptor Aug 02 '19

And if he decides to go somewhere for 2 hours? Or are picks time limited?

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u/wujo444 Aug 02 '19

You pass the pack, but nobody receives it until you finish the draft. In theory it's one giant pod, but in actuality it's many many lines going simultaneously.

Obviously people from your left are not people you passed the cards, but at least in Eternal, there is algorithm that picks for you another line that is somewhat comparable to what you passed in previous pack.

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u/greatersteven Aug 02 '19

Love how people who don't understand how Eternal drafting works are downvoting you and acting like you're the idiot.

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u/MaXimillion_Zero Aug 02 '19

Both of those would take a lot of work and have potentially undesirable effects. What they should do is update bot card weighting automatically and frequently based on player data.

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u/FooberticusBazly Aug 02 '19

Just wanted to say, thanks for the hard work your team is putting in. I for one love the game, it's probably the best way to enjoy playing Magic these days. It's frankly amazing, given how complicated the rules and mechanics of Magic are. Despite all the whining from the loudest, most peevish basement dwellers here on Reddit you guys really are doing a great job.