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6 months ago ::
Jan 03, 2013 - 9:40AM
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I liked the old arrows pretty well, but even if we don't get them back, whatever you've come up with almost has to be better than the current situation. The arrows provided a clear visual path from any given action to its target, whereas the current situation on the beta doesn't really draw your eyes to targets, thus making you hunt for them. It's really the big reason why I don't play paid events on the beta: the beta's interface forces me to burn more time from my clock than V3's, thus endangering my chances of success.
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6 months ago ::
Jan 03, 2013 - 3:47PM
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I liked the old arrows pretty well, but even if we don't get them back, whatever you've come up with almost has to be better than the current situation. The arrows provided a clear visual path from any given action to its target, whereas the current situation on the beta doesn't really draw your eyes to targets, thus making you hunt for them. It's really the big reason why I don't play paid events on the beta: the beta's interface forces me to burn more time from my clock than V3's, thus endangering my chances of success.
I agree. I understand that some people felt that the arrows cluttered things up, but I'm not one of them. They were an elegant solution and I miss them dearly. And, yes, any new method of showing targeting is going to be superior to what's in the beta right now. That bar isn't exectly set very high.
Also, bring back the phase/step/spell/etc sounds. Some of us are auditory people. Without them, I feel lost a lot of time about what's going on. Not to mention that the game sounds dead.
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6 months ago ::
Jan 03, 2013 - 7:23PM
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I would really love it if there was a page in the settings tab that allowed us to create a default layout for the duel screen (and probably a separate layout for multiplayer)
It bugs me that we are still being forced to lay out our cards in a specific way, things like the land shuffling when tapped (even if it's less noticable now) creature shuffling when attacking, zones hidden off to the side without *really* being able to manipulate them as much as we really should be able to. Honestly, we should have a massive number of options for how we want this screen to look and act. I personally play on a 24" Monitor at 1920x1200 and playing a game on the beta still feels really cramped.
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6 months ago ::
Jan 06, 2013 - 9:36AM
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I would very much like MTGO to correctly display the number of items I own. This has annoyed me for years.
I am enjoying this thread because it is slightly less negative than many of the others. I am one of those who is absolutely not of the opinion that the Beta is anywhere near ready to go, but I do hold out hope that it will be an improvement. For that reason, I'd like to thank Dave and his collegues for asking me for my opinion. Dave & collegues, please avoid the temptation not to wade through the reams of negativity. As I am sure you are aware, people are passionate about MTGO and there is a bunch of good stuff in there.
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6 months ago ::
Jan 09, 2013 - 9:13AM
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This thread is for discussion of the feature article "Examining the Beta Redesign", which goes live Thursday morning on magicthegathering.com.
I would like an option to create a binder with all cards not used in a deck.
I have a lot of excess cards and am thinking about trading them, but doing so is made much more difficult by the fact that I cannot run a search for all cards not in a deck. A simple search logic function would fix this.
I have done only drafts and sealed so far and only in the v3 client. Thinking about building decks but always feels like I am short on cards I would want.
With that, I am curious if there is a similar feature for listing all the cards you need for decks you have built? Maybe also listing all the cards you need to complete a set or a play set (4 ofs each card in the set)? At one point I was thinking about doing the redemption but its a pain to figure out what cards I am missing. Had to make a huge list and slowly check them off as I would get them.
As far as the binder goes, and option could be to only list sets or blocks you are interest in for your binder? I really do like the seperation of the binder though at the same time see how bad the tab situation is. Could also do something where you scroll over a tab it gets larger and the ones around it get a little bit larger so could tell what the tab is. Another idea would be books based on the blocks. Possibly a scroll or a wheel for the tabs?
On the trade side I would really like to be able to check off if I am looking for packs or certain cards rather than it be all free text search. Also would like the ability to put up something for trade with a value of exactly what I want and if someone comes along I don't have to interact with them they can just trade. Even if I am offline. Same for if I am looking to use tickets to get some item can just put up what I am willing to buy with x tickets and people could sell to me. Could be some kind of check box on the items/tickets for auto trade. Maybe even allow it to be smart enough that if someone lists something for trade and another person lists it for buying and both the same price they just auto complete. Though I guess that might too much taxing on the system for all the speculators who put caps on sell and buy. At the very least allow for a better way to filter for what you are looking for than just all text.
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4 months ago ::
Mar 04, 2013 - 8:17AM
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I went and re-read this article from December 2012. I enjoyed reading it a second time, it was very well-written and fascinating. I read it back in December 2012, but I am a passionate fan of the BETA (in comparison to V.3), so I decided to go read it again. I have one question to Wizards representatives. In the context of the Collection scene the article mentioned: "There are many more changes to the Collection scene, including the ways players manage their decks, set aside parts of their collection for trading, and change the ways their cards are displayed. Be on the lookout for further improvements in the coming months. With these changes, we believe the Beta Client will be a much better experience for the majority of players."
I have been vigilently watching for months since December 2012, but I haven't seen anything yet in terms of developments to the Collection scene. Is anyone able to provide us with a helpful update on what we can look out for? This would be much appreciated if so.
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